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MTI Success Stories
Day and employment providers of all sizes across Minnesota are in various stages of organizational transformation. While some are just beginning to consider ending subminimum wage, closing a …
MIHEC Learning Community Webinars: High-Quality Inclusive Higher Education Initiatives
In this session, presenter Edie Cusack reviews the process of creating an effective and successful post-secondary education program for students with intellectual disability from conception to …
Published: November 2023
News
ICI, Ed Psych Win AAIDD Awards
Published: January 2024
A Closer Look: Episode 4: Michelle Murphy on Becoming an Interviewer
Michelle Murphy left the corporate world 19 years ago and became a direct support professional (DSP) when her sister strongly suggested she come to work with her at her workshop job. Michelle is …
Published: 2024-01-04
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Implementing ES-Coach to Support Provider Capacity-Building and Development
Uses smartphone technology to reduce the gap between training and field-based implementation of best and evidence-based practice. ES-Coach is a web and smartphone-based tool that collects daily …
NCEO APR Snapshot Briefs: 2020-2021 APR Snapshot #30: AA-AAAS Participation and Performance (#30)
This report summarizes Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS) data used for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) accountability. Using federally …
Published: December 2023
Getting Started with Telehealth for Early Intervention: Learning Modules
These online modules are intended for caregivers of young children with autism or related developmental disabilities who are preparing to begin early intervention over telehealth. The modules can …
Published: 2023
NCEO APR Snapshot Briefs: 2020-2021 APR Snapshot #29: Students in Special Education Assigned Assessment Accommodations (#29)
This report provides information on the number of students with disabilities assigned accommodations and the performance of these students on the general statewide assessment used for Elementary …
Published: December 2023
NCEO APR Snapshot Briefs: 2020-2021 APR Snapshot #28: State Assessment Participation and Performance of Students Receiving Special Education Services (#28)
This report provides a snapshot of the participation and performance of students receiving special education services in statewide assessments used for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA …
Published: December 2023
Research and Training Center on Community Living: Summaries of Research Studies 2018-2023
The Research and Training Center on Community Living and Participation for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (RTC-CL) at the University of Minnesota has engaged in research, …
Published: 2023
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: December 2023
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter featuring news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about how ICI's TIES Center researchers are …
Published: December 2023
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Stronger TIES, Better Schools
Published: December 2023
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Winter Art Show Open Now
Published: December 2023
Standards of Practice for Positive Behavior Support
The Minnesota Positive Behavior Support Network (MNPBS) has developed these standards of practice for Positive Behavior Support. MNPBS is a community of practice linked to the International …
Published: 2023
News
Lessons in Chemistry, and Advocacy
Published: December 2023
RISP Data Bytes: Most People in Large IDD Facilities Now Live in Settings Operated by Nonstate Providers
In 1967, almost 200,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) lived in large state institutions. Initially, those leaving state facilities moved to non-state ones. Starting …
Published: 2023
Teaching Requesting to Individuals with Rett Syndrome Using Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) Through Caregiver Coaching via Telehealth
Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that results in both motor and language skill regression with a wide range of severity in symptom presentation. Communication intervention may …
Published: 2023
Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Associated with Loneliness for People with Disability: A Scoping Review
Background: Loneliness is a significant public health concern due to its detrimental impact on health and wellbeing. Despite people with disability reporting higher levels of loneliness than the …
Published: 2023
Using the Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) Program to Examine Employment in Integrated Settings in the Community for People with IDD over Time
Background : Community-based employment is a key step for many adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), a group prone to high unemployment, poverty, and dependency. It is …
Published: 2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings: The 10 Essential Elements of Organizational Transformation
Presented by Staci Jones of University of Massachusetts – Boston and Don Lavin of Strengths@Work, LLC, this free webinar gives an overview of the 10 Essential Elements of Organizational Transformat…
Published: 8/18/2022
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Setting a Vision and Defining Success
Organizational Transformation can get messy. It is critical that organizations both understand and define their long-term vision and ultimately how success will be defined. Presented by Karen …
Published: 11/17/2022
Maryland Intentional Overtime and Credentialing Programs Comprehensive Evaluation
Effective support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities relies on the presence of competent, qualified, and dedicated direct support staff. In Maryland, several provider …
Published: 2023
Collecting and Using Data to Inform Workforce Development Strategies
Presenters Danielle Mahoehney and Megan Sanders of ICI discuss how providers can use their data to inform workforce solutions techniques to recruit, select, train, and retain quality direct …
Published: 1/26/2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Managing Through Change
Organizations that transform from more traditional service models to those that prioritize competitive integrated employment outcomes successfully understand the importance of managing effectively …
Published: 2/16/2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Training New and Existing Staff to Improve Retention
Quality training is essential to retaining a highly-skilled, competent, and confident workforce. It can be difficult to find time to properly train new direct support professionals(DSPs) and …
Published: 2/24/2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Implementing a Credentialing Program to Retain Staff Long-Term
Credentialing programs for direct support professionals and frontline supervisors are being researched and developed by states and provider organizations across the country, and for good reason. …
Published: 3/23/2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Community Life Engagement
As many states consider the movement away from 14c subminimum wage usage for people with disabilities, there is emerging research emphasizing the need to better connect unpaid day activities to a …
Published: 5/25/2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Starfire Council: Transformation and Supporting Community Life Engagement Outcomes in Ohio
Starfire, of Cincinnati, Ohio, ran award-winning outings and day programs for decades. Beginning in 2010, the organization transformed from disability-centered programming to community-centered …
Published: 8/9/2023
How Did Employment Consultants Adjust and Innovate Services to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Background: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced an immediate change to the delivery of employment supports and services for jobseekers and workers with intellectual and developmental disabili…
Published: 2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings: The Finances of Transformation and Employment Services
One of the most daunting parts of organizational transformation is planning for the financial implications, as shown in this webinar. Not only do organizations have to consider an approach to …
Published: 11/16/2023
What Does Meaningful Accessibility Really Mean?
This report contains the proceedings of a forum held on June 28, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana to discuss issues surrounding meaningful accessibility of assessments. The forum was a post-session …
Published: November 2023
MTI Quarterly Trainings
In collaboration with the Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation (MOHR), ICI's Minnesota Transformation Initiative (MTI) holds quarterly trainings focused on organizational …
Retirement and People with Intellectual Disability in the Australian Context
This paper examines retirement by older workers with intellectual disability. Much research and intervention about retirement and intellectual disability in the last decade or so emanates from …
Published: 2023
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: November 2023
The Institute's monthly newsletter featuring news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is on the new issue of Impact , which is about sexuality …
Published: November 2023
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RISP Website Revamp
Published: November 2023
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Advancing Inclusion in Taiwan
Published: November 2023
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Surveys: COVID-19’s Heavy Toll
Published: November 2023
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New FI: Ethics in Your Toolbox
Published: November 2023
Frontline Initiative: DSPs Using the NADSP Code of Ethics
Every day, direct support professionals (DSPs) make significant decisions affecting the lives of the people they support. But it can be hard for DSPs to make decisions when they are doing something…
Published: Fall/Winter 2023
RISP Data Bytes: More People with IDD get Services in Homes Shared by Three or Fewer People
ICI's Residential Information Systems Project (RISP) gets information each year from state IDD agencies about the places where people with IDD live. In 1977, 247,780 people with IDD lived in large …
Published: 2023
News
Fruitful Change
Published: November 2023
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New Impact: Sexuality and Gender Identity
Published: November 2023
Accommodations Toolkit: Screen Reader: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states accessibility policies for screen reader is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 11/8/2023
Accommodations Toolkit: Screen Reader: Research
This fact sheet on screen reader is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use …
Published: 11/8/2023
MIHEC Learning Community Webinars: A Community-Based Collaborative Transition Model for Minnesota Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Institute on Community Integration (ICI) leads a Community-Based Collaborative Transition Model project to improve the transition experiences and outcomes of Minnesota students with intellectua…
Published: October 2023
MIHEC Learning Community Webinars: Strategic Partnerships Derived from Common Goals
Oklahoma has three Inclusive Post Secondary Education (IPSE) options for students with intellectual/developmental disabilities which are Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs (CTP …
Published: September 2023
MIHEC Learning Community Webinars: Embracing Dignity of Risk
Magen Rooney-Kron, Christopher Worth, and Stephen Schomaker—all from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL)—emphasized the importance of the dignity of risk for students with intellectual …
Published: April 2023
MIHEC Learning Community Webinars: The Portable Credential and Planning for Life After College
Christi Kasa, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, shared two important aspects of Colorado’s inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs: The Portable Credential and …
Published: March 2023
Impact: Feature Issue on Sexuality and Gender Identity for People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities
This issue in the Impact series addresses current roadblocks preventing people with intellectual, development, and other disabilities from living self-determined lives when it comes to their …
Published: Fall 2023
The Feasibility and Efficacy of Tele-Music Therapy on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Low accessibility and lack of resources are primary barriers for children in rural areas to receive music therapy services. The research summarized in this poster used real-time video-conferencing …
Published: 2023
1% Toolkit: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities (NCEO Tool #15)
The purpose of this tool is to provide information on the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities for parents in the form of (a) a fact …
Published: November 2023
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Maryland Statewide Technical Assistance Project on Organization-Wide Positive Behavior Support
This project aims to create a common language and set of strategies for implementing positive behavior support across Maryland to increase quality of life and prevent challenging behaviors statewid…
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Special Projects to Advance "Learn the Signs, Act Early"
Integrates developmental monitoring using Learn the Signs, Act Early (LTSAE) checklists into the Follow Along Program—a large statewide family-serving, home-visiting program—and develops a comprehe…
RISP Data Bytes
The Data Byte series highlights one data point from the Residential Information Systems Project (RISP). Data Bytes are brief, graphical summaries of one RISP research finding, published each month …
Examining Choice and Control for People With IDD Over Time
Choice making is an important aspect of everyone’s life in terms of fully becoming an adult within a democratic society. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at risk …
Published: 2023
Concerns about the Sustainability of Self-Direction
In 2020, people participating in New York State’s self-direction plan were surveyed about their experiences with self-direction. One of the goals of the survey was to learn about the concerns …
Published: 2023
Self-Directed Services: Challenges and Training Needs
In 2020, people participating in New York State’s self-direction plan were surveyed about their experiences with self-direction, including challenges people experience with self-direction, and …
Published: 2023
Training Topics to Support Self-Directed Services
In 2020, people participating in New York State’s self-direction plan were surveyed about their experiences with self-direction, including a question about training topics that they would like …
Published: 2023
Plans for Sustaining Self-Direction
In 2020, people participating in New York State’s self-direction plan were surveyed to examine the sustainability of self-directed services: how families plan to navigate a self-directed model …
Published: 2023
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: October 2023
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter featuring news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about a new survey from ICI and The Arc of the …
Published: October 2023
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Inclusive Higher Ed Moves Forward
Published: October 2023
Project
Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium (MIHEC)
The Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium (MIHEC) is the state technical assistance center that supports the building, enhancing, and sustaining of inclusive postsecondary education …
Family and Individual Needs for Disability Supports Community Report 2023
The Family and Individual Needs for Disability Supports survey (FINDS) surveys family members of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities about their experiences providing supports …
Published: 2023
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Squeezed: Caregivers Report Less Help, More Stress
Published: October 2023
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Partner Update: Brynn Sexton
Published: October 2023
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ICI Collaborates in India
Published: October 2023
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Double Dose of Awareness
Published: October 2023
Policy Forum: Institutional Bias in Long-Term Services and Supports for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This Policy Forum from October 3, 2023 discussed the Policy Research Brief titled, Institutional Bias in Long-Term Services and Supports for People with IDD . Slides from the presentation are …
Published: 10/3/2023
Policy Research Brief: State IDD Agencies’ Views on Self-Directed Services
Self-direction allows people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to control most aspects of their home- and community-based services. Other names that states use for self- …
Published: September 2023
NCEO Newsletter: October 2023 issue
Effective communication is a cornerstone for fostering collaboration, understanding, and ultimately, student success. Recognizing the importance of communication, we are featuring in this newslette…
Published: October 2023
Transition to Retirement: A Guide to Inclusive Practice: Adaptations for the Current U.S. Context
The Transition to Retirement (TTR) book/eBook and video (Stancliffe et al., 2013; hereafter the TTR manual ) is an evidence-based Australian manual describing how to successfully implement the TTR …
Published: September 2023
Policy Research Brief: Adults with IDD are Given More Medications than the Rest of the Population
The term polypharmacy refers to taking five or more medicines. Each state might define polypharmacy in different ways, including how many medicines a person must be taking to be considered overmedi…
Published: September 2023
Policy Research Brief: Representation of Direct Support Workers in Popular Media
Mainstream media does not use consistent language to talk about the role of direct support workers. This inconsistency makes it difficult to communicate the value and complexity of the direct …
Published: September 2023
Policy Research Brief: The Employment Impacts of Being a Family Caregiver
Family members play essential roles in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including providing medical, emotional, financial, and day-to-day support. Family …
Published: September 2023
NCEO Parent Fact Sheets: Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families (Fact Sheet #5 - Educator)
This Fact Sheet provides educators with strategies that will help them engage culturally and linguistically diverse families and their children. These strategies can help overcome the challenges …
Published: 9/21/2023
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: September 2023
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter featuring news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about the October 3 ICI Policy Forum on institution…
Published: September 2023
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Prevalence: Extending ICI’s Research
Published: September 2023
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Oct. 3 Forum: How Facility Bias Affects People with Disabilities
Published: September 2023
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Identifying Autism in Rwanda
Published: September 2023
Policy Research Brief: Institutionalization Bias in Long-Term Services and Supports for People with IDD
Medicaid requires states to provide institutional services to eligible Medicaid recipients, but allows states to have waiting lists for recipients preferring home and community based services. …
Published: September 2023
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Success, in smaller steps
Published: September 2023
Creating Social Change for English Language Learners by Improving Access to Grade-level Instruction
Book description: The recent increase in immigration patterns in the United States has meant an increase in the number of children whose first language is not English entering American schools. …Published: 2023
Where Do I Go? What Do I Do? Training Educators of Rural English Learners to Provide Accessible Instruction and Assessment
This chapter describes a federally-funded grant project to train West Virginia educators and parents on accessible assessment and instruction for K-12 English learners. West Virginia is a rural …
Published: 2023
Empowering Families Toolkit - Tool 4 Video: Understanding Test Data at SSIP Stakeholder Meetings
This video explains how the review of test data at State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) stakeholder meetings by parents and other stakeholders can support the development and implementation of …
Published: 9/5/2023
Empowering Families Toolkit - Tool 3 Video: What is the SSIP, and why do it?
This video provides a family-friendly definition of the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) and explains how states, educators, and families can work together to ensure their SSIP addresses the …
Published: 9/5/2023
Empowering Families Toolkit - Tool 2 Video: What are the purposes of different tests, and how are they used in the SSIP?
This video discusses different types of tests and their objectives. It describes various test purposes, and their role in improving instruction and outcomes for students with disabilities through …
Published: 9/5/2023
Empowering Families Toolkit - Tool 1 Video: Why are assessments important, and why should students with disabilities participate in assessments? (Version 2/authentic video of a parent and her children in Spanish)
This video was designed to help families understand why assessments are a good opportunity for their children to show what they know, and for schools to better understand their children’s needs. …
Published: 9/5/2023
Empowering Families Toolkit - Tool 1 Video: Why are assessments important, and why should students with disabilities participate in assessments? (Version 2/authentic video of a parent and her children)
This video was designed to help families understand why assessments are a good opportunity for their children to show what they know, and for schools to better understand their children’s needs. …
Published: 9/5/2023
Empowering Families Toolkit - Tool 1 Video: Why are assessments important, and why should students with disabilities participate in assessments? (Version 1/professionally recorded)
This video was designed to help families understand why assessments are a good opportunity for their children to show what they know, and for schools to better understand their children’s needs. …
Published: 9/5/2023
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MN Act Early Ambassador
Develops and expands on the Institute's Act Early work in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Act Early is building a national network of agencies, organizations, and professionals …
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: August 2023
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter featuring news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. In this month's first feature story, ICI Director Amy Hewitt urges disparate segments …
Published: August 2023
Empowering Families Toolkit
This Empowering Families Toolkit was developed by National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) to provide accessible materials for parents about topics related to assessment-related State …
Published: August 2023
News
In Ghana, Learning to End Stigma
Published: August 2023
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Myhre Hosts ICI Celebration
Published: August 2023
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Review: From Being to Belonging
Published: August 2023
NCEO Parent Fact Sheets: State Testing of Your Child Who is an English Learner (Parent Fact Sheet #4)
This Fact Sheet summarizes the resources that are available specifically to students who are English learners who take state tests. The more parents know about these test resources, the more they …
Published: 8/14/2023
NCEO Parent Fact Sheets: State Testing of Your Child with a Disability (Parent Fact Sheet #3)
This Fact Sheet summarizes the resources that are available specifically to students who have a disability, an Individualized Education Program (IEP), or a 504 plan when they take state tests. The …Published: 8/14/2023
NCEO Parent Fact Sheets: Participating in What your Child is Being Taught and is Learning in School (Parent Fact Sheet #2)
This Fact Sheet helps parents improve two-way communication with teachers, including guidance for families with students with disabilities and English learners. This Fact Sheet provides to help …
Published: 8/14/2023
NCEO Parent Fact Sheets: Getting Help for Your Child When Taking State Tests (Parent Fact Sheet #1)
This Fact Sheet summarizes the purpose of state tests, and describes test resources that students may need. This Fact Sheet also provides parents with tips on how to work with teachers to access …
Published: 8/14/2023
NCEO Parent Fact Sheets
A set of Fact Sheets developed by NCEO to provide accessible materials for parents about state assessments.

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