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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

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