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Direct Support Professional and Frontline Supervisor Perspectives on Work-Life in a Pandemic
Direct support professionals (DSPs) and frontline supervisors (FLSs) play an invaluable role in delivering home and community-based services to people with intellectual and developmental disabiliti…
Published: 12/1/2022
Caregiver-Implemented Communication Interventions for Children Identified as Having Language Impairment 0 Through 48 Months of Age: A Scoping Review
Purpose: Caregiver-implemented interventions are frequently used to support the early communication of young children with language impairment. Although there are numerous studies and meta-analyses…
Published: 2022
Community Employment, Facility-based Work, and Day Activities for Working Age People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Background: Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) participate in a variety of day/employment activities including community-based activities and work and facility-based …
Published: 2022
‘If and When?’: The Beliefs and Experiences of Community Living Staff in Supporting Older People with Intellectual Disability to Know about Dying
Background: The aim of this study was to explore the way in which community living staff engaged with people with intellectual disability (ID) about dying and death. Method: Guided by grounded …
Published: 2012
Workforce: Goals for Research and Innovation
Across the United States, there is growing demand for a competent and stable workforce able to effectively support the health and community lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental …
Published: 2015
Competency-Based Training and Worker Turnover in Community Supports for People With IDD: Results From a Group Randomized Controlled Study
Turnover among direct support professionals (DSPs) in community support settings for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has been regarded as a challenge since …
Published: 2015
Contextual Factors Associated with Implementing Active Support in Community Group Homes in the United States: A Qualitative Investigation
Although numerous studies in the U.K. and Australia have shown that Active Support (AS) is an effective intervention in increasing staff assistance and engagement for people with intellectual and …
Published: 2017
The Effects of a Competency-based Training Intervention for Direct Support Professionals on Site-level Outcomes, Learner Outcomes, and Service Recipient Outcomes
Introduction: This study, informed by the literature, tested this assumption that competency-based training aimed to help to reduce direct support professional (DSP) turnover in residential and …
Published: 2019
National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey Data
Introduction: The authors used NCI Staff Stability data from over 1400 providers in 20 states and Washington, DC collected in 2016 to look at organizational and state-level predictors of 1) DSP …
Published: 2019
2018 New York State Workforce Credentialing
Introduction: Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are vital supports for people with IDD. Five competency-based credentialing programs, designed to teach the skills, knowledge, and attitudes …
Published: 2019
Conclusion to the Special Issue: Understanding the Direct Support Workforce in the United States
This special issue sheds light on the needs of the direct support professionals (DSPs), as well the possibilities when positive practices are implemented. A commitment to quality services and …
Published: 2020
Introduction to the Special Issue: Understanding the Direct Support Workforce in the United States
This special issue on the direct support workforce highlights the critical role of the direct support workforce in the quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities ( …
Published: 06/01/2020
The Impact of the COVID-19 Related School Closure on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Children with SEN and Their Parents in Algeria
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives and affected different nations in different ways. In Algeria, education has been hit hard by the lockdown as schools embarked on a total closure to stop …
Published: 2022
Community Participation and Staying Home if You Want: US Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Background: Requiring adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to go on community outings with co-residents and staff is contrary to community-living policy's focus on person …
Published: 2022
A Systematic Review of Risk for the Development and Persistence of Self-injurious Behavior in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Self-injurious behavior (SIB) by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism (I/DD) is among the most clinically disturbing, socially costly, and scientifically …
Published: 2022
Incentives, Wages, and Retention Among Direct Support Professionals: National Core Indicators Staff Stability Survey
Direct support professionals (DSPs) provide a range of supports in a variety of settings to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who count on these supports to live, work, …
Published: 4/15/2022
Functional Performance and the Allen Cognitive Level Screen for Adults With Mental Illness: A Scoping Review
Importance: Research involving the use of the Allen Cognitive Level Screen (ACLS) in mental health practice has been available for more than 40 years, yet there has been no comprehensive synthesis …
Published: 3/1/2022
Patterns of Special Education Eligibility and Age of First Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Identification Among US Children with ASD
The study examined timing of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identification in education versus health settings for 8-year-old children with ASD identified through records-based surveillance. The …
Published: 2/25/2022
Sensory Features in Autism: Findings From a Large Population-based Surveillance System
Sensory features (i.e., atypical responses to sensory stimuli) are included in the current diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder. Yet, large population-based studies have not examined …
Published: 1/18/2022
Youth and Parent Participation in Transition Planning in the U.S.A.: Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012)
The purpose of this study was to use data from the United States' National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012) to present descriptive information on youth and parent participation and …
Published: 2022

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