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Personal Care Services Utilization by Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
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Harrington, Charlene; Kang, Taewoon – Family Relations, 2010
This study examined factors associated with the use of personal care services (PCS) and the amount of authorized hours in California in 2004-2005. Of those Medicaid-eligible individuals with developmental disabilities living at home, 31% received PCS. When we controlled for client need, gender, and age, individuals who were Asian/Pacific…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Developmental Disabilities, Whites, African Americans
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Randomized Trial: Effects on Early Child Abuse and Neglect
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DuMont, Kimberly; Mitchell-Herzfeld, Susan; Greene, Rose; Lee, Eunju; Lowenfels, Ann; Rodriguez, Monica; Dorabawila, Vajeera – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: To evaluate the effects of a home visiting program modeled after Healthy Families America on parenting behaviors in the first 2 years of life. Methods: A sample of 1173 families at risk for child abuse and neglect who met the criteria for Healthy Families New York (HFNY) was randomly assigned to either an intervention group that was…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Home Programs, Child Abuse, Aggression
Are Consumer-Directed Home Care Beneficiaries Satisfied? Evidence from Washington State
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Wiener, Joshua M.; Anderson, Wayne L.; Khatutsky, Galina – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: This study analyzed the effect of consumer-directed versus agency-directed home care on satisfaction with paid personal assistance services among Medicaid beneficiaries in Washington State. Design and Methods: The study analyzed a survey of 513 Medicaid beneficiaries receiving home- and community-based services. As part of a larger study,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Least Squares Statistics, Satisfaction, Social Services
A Preliminary Study of Inclusive Special Education Services for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool-Age Children in California.
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Cavallaro, Claire C.; Ballard-Rosa, Maurine; Lynch, Eleanor W. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1998
A survey of 43 early childhood special-education administrators in California found the programs for infants tended to be home-based, preschoolers with mild disabilities were frequently fully included, and preschoolers with severe disabilities and low-incidence disabilities were more often partially included or placed in special classes only.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
In-Home and Community-Based Service Utilization by Three Groups of Elderly Hispanics: A National Perspective.
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Burnette, Denise; Mui, Ada C. – Social Work Research, 1995
Examines among- and within-group needs and in-home and community-based service utilization by Mexican American, Cuban American, and Puerto Rican elderly people. Needs for care were the strongest predictors of in-home service utilization, and enabling factors were the strongest predictors of community-based service utilization. (JPS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Services, Cubans, Disabilities
From Screening to Early Identification and Intervention: Discovering Predictors to Successful Outcomes for Children with Significant Hearing Loss.
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Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
Research findings from a series of longitudinal studies of the language, speech, and social-emotional development of children with hearing impairments and hearing parents found language development is positively and significantly affected by the age of identification of the hearing loss and age of initiation into Colorado early intervention…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Early Identification
Home-based Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder: A Preliminary Evaluation of Outcome in Relation to Child Age and Intensity of Service Delivery.
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Luiselli, James K.; Cannon, Barbara O'Malley; Ellis, James T.; Sisson, Robert W. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2000
A study of 16 children (ages 2-4) with autism and pervasive developmental disorders found that children involved in home-based services before and after age 3 all demonstrated significant changes on six developmental domains but there were no significant differences between age groups. Improvement in communication, cognitive and social-emotional…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Delivery Systems