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Download full textPolicy Research Brief, 1991
This Policy Research Brief explores the strengths of qualitative research and the types of information it can make available to policymakers concerned with issues affecting persons with disabilities. The naturalistic methodology employed in qualitative research is described. Three specific studies using qualitative methodology are excerpted and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmental Disabilities, Family Problems, Field Studies
Hayden, Mary F.; And Others – Policy Research Brief, 1992
This policy brief reports on a study of how families and agencies cope with growing waiting periods for community services for adults who have mental retardation or developmental disabilities (MR/DD). Preliminary information looks at reasons for long waits, characteristics of families waiting for services, and impact of adult members with MR/DD on…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Agencies, Attitudes
Liontos, Lynn Balster – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
In this theme issue of The "OSSC Bulletin" educators speak out about what they think their schools are doing right. The project goal was to select schools with varied socioeconomic backgrounds from different parts of the state, as well as to include at least one rural school and one innercity school. The two elementary schools, two…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
