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Cross-Sector Service Use Patterns among Children with Developmental Disabilities in a District in Canada
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McLennan, John D.; Bahadur, Alexander; Cobigo, Virginie; Hrycko, Sophia; Fulford, Casey – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: There is a lack of information about cross-sector service use by children with developmental disabilities despite their need for services from multiple sectors. Methods: Responses to service use questions from a parent-completed survey on school-aged children who attended clinics specific for those with developmental disabilities at a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Disabilities, Children, Meetings
Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities among People Incarcerated in Federal Correctional Facilities in Ontario, Canada: Examining Prevalence, Health and Correctional Characteristics
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Matheson, Flora I.; Dastoori, Parisa; Whittingham, Lisa; Calzavara, Andrew; Keown, Leslie A.; Durbin, Anna; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G.; Lin, Elizabeth; Volpe, Tiziana; Lunsky, Yona – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: There is little research with people who experience intellectual/developmental disabilities and imprisonment. Methods: The study linked health and correctional data to examine prevalence of intellectual/developmental disabilities and health and correctional characteristics among adults experiencing their first federal incarceration…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Identification and Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Reduction in Seclusion and Restraint for a Population with Intellectual Disability
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Larue, Caroline; Goulet, Marie-Hélène; Prevost, Marie-Josée; Dumais, Alexandre; Bellavance, Jacques – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: A cohort of 11 patients with an intellectual disability and a psychiatric diagnosis present severe behavioural disorders in psychiatric hospital of Quebec in 2009. Control-measure use for this clientele has now been reduced. How do management personnel, families and care teams explain the changes? What clinical interventions did…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Patients, Clinical Diagnosis, Behavior Problems
Comparing Health Status, Health Trajectories and Use of Health and Social Services between Children with and without Developmental Disabilities: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Manitoba
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Shooshtari, Shahin; Brownell, Marni; Mills, Rosemary S. L.; Dik, Natalia; Yu, Dickie C. T.; Chateau, Dan; Burchill, Charles A.; Wetzel, Monika – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Little information exists on health of children with developmental disabilities (DDs) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Method: The present authors linked 12 years of administrative data and compared health status, changes in health and access to health and social services between children with (n = 1877) and without (n = 5661) DDs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Child Health