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Carli Friedman – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
Recognizing the crisis the COVID-19 pandemic represents to the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) service system and the health, safety, and quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), states temporarily amended their HCBS programs to strengthen service delivery. States are able to temporarily amend…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Biro, Patricia J.; And Others – 1986
The study compared the effectiveness of the Washington State High Priority Infant Tracking Project in maintaining high risk infants in continuing health care, determining health and developmental outcomes, and surveying the use of community resources with other state tracking projects. The project identifies infants during the first 30 days of…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Health Services, High Risk Persons
Bradley, Valerie J.; And Others – 1988
The report examines implications of applying a functional rather than categorical definition of disabilities to Connecticut's services for the developmentally disabled. Specific objectives included preparation of an overview of services available, an analysis of policy options and system constraints, an analysis of the implications of reorganizing…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Definitions, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
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Davidson, Philip W.; Adams, Elizabeth – Mental Retardation, 1989
As required by Public Law 100-146, states must submit to the Administration on Developmental Disabilities data concerning services to persons with developmental disabilities. This paper reviews relevant literature to establish a theoretical framework, definitions, and suggestions for extent, scope, eligibility requirements, and measures of…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Ott, J. S.; Langer, M. – 1987
The policy analysis examines application of permanency planning principles (services in family settings that provide continuity in relationships) to services for developmentally disabled children (through age 21) in Colorado. Section I provides an extensive description of permanency planning principles and a discussion of their theoretical and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Children, Developmental Disabilities
Egan, Rosemary W. – 1989
This document reports on a project of the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities to assess needs of current transition practices in Illinois for preschool children with special needs. The project involved: analysis of a comprehensive review of the relevant research literature; recommendations from advisory board members, workshop…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Needs Assessment