Friendships and social relationships
Friendships and social relationships, as addressed by the Institute, include strategies for supporting children, youth and adults with disabilities to establish healthy personal relationships and participate in social circles.
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- Active Support Interventions and Their Effect on Increased Participation of Persons With Disabilities [Archived]
Conducts a longitudinal, randomized control study to examine the impact of Active Support (AS) interventions in 20 group homes in Minnesota. AS is an organizational intervention that enables Direct...
- DirectCourse
Offers a suite of competency-based, online curricula for professionals providing services to people with intellectual, developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities, and to older adults....
- Effectiveness of Social Inclusion Approaches with Community/Civic Organizations and Faith-Based Initiatives [Archived]
Disseminated findings of project research examining the degree of inclusion of people with ID/DD in community/civic organizations in four states and the effectiveness of two national faith-based...
- Effectiveness of Two Approaches to Expand the Social Inclusion of Adults with IDD Living with Families [Archived]
Determines what types of strategies families can use to increase the social inclusion of their adult age child with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) who is living with them....
- Evaluating the Fidelity of Special Olympic Minnesota's Unified Champion School Program
Evaluates the fidelity of Special Olympic Minnesota's Unified Champion School Program. ICI will gather data from a wide variety of stakeholders, including program administrators, trainers, school...
- "Learn the Signs, Act Early" Outreach Work
Develops and expands on the MN Help Me Grow and the Institute's Act Early work in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Act Early is building a national network of agencies,...
- 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...
- QualityMall.org Web Site on Person-Centered Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Provides resources and information on leading-edge, person-centered supports for use by individuals with disabilities, families, advocates, government officials, and service providers, in a wide...
- Reinventing Quality: A Biennial Conference on Person-Centered Supports
Showcases best practices in person-centered supports from across the nation. This conference is held every two years. The next event will be in 2018.
- Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC-CL) [ICI Center]
Conducts a wide range of research, training, and technical assistance and dissemination projects related to community supports under its center grant and related project funding. The RTC-CL is...
- Review of Effective Measures, Instruments and Programs for Research on Inclusion, Self-Determination and Well-Being of Persons With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD) [Archived]
Assessed current measures and instruments on participation and community living. It provided comprehensive identification, review, and assessment measures related to participation and community...
- Self-Advocacy Online: Research and Development to Bridge the Digital Divide
Develops a model for making Web sites accessible for people with intellectual and related cognitive disabilities, and launches an educational and networking Web site for teens and adults with...
- State Systems Grant: Minnesota Act Early
Promotes early screening and identification of neurodevelopmental disabilities in culturally and linguistically diverse communities through focused outreach of the Learn the Signs, Act Early...
- U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Project: Developing Systems to Support the Employment and Community Inclusion of Young Adults with Disabilities
Creates virtual and in-person platforms for dialogues between professionals and parents who support young adults with disabilities in Russia and the U.S. The goal is to develop opportunities and...