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Burke, Meghan M.; Goldman, Samantha E.; Li, Chak – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Special education advocacy programs support families to secure services for their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Although research demonstrates the efficacy of one such program (the Volunteer Advocacy Project), its effectiveness when replicated by others is unknown. Replication research is critical to ensure that…
Descriptors: Special Education, Advocacy, Replication (Evaluation), Educational Change
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Gotto, George S.; Reynolds, Michelle C.; Palmer, Susan B.; Chiang, Danielle F. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Supporting families who have family members with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) as they move through life is a critical need (Reynolds, Palmer, & Gotto, 2018). The phrase, "supporting families," juxtaposes the typical family support paradigm in response to the ongoing shrinkage of federal and state dollars and the…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Caregivers, Services, Intellectual Disability
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Caldwell, Joe; Heller, Tamar – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Longitudinal impacts of a consumer-directed support program that provides families with an individualized budget were studied at three points in time over a 9-year period: Time 1 (1991), Time 2 (1995), and Time 3 (2000). At Time 3, families in the program were also compared with families on the waiting list. Over time, families in the program…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs