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Havercamp, Susan M.; Krahn, Gloria L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
This issue, "On Counting What Matters: Finding Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Population Health Data," presents an overview of health surveillance research for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States. Although public health now conducts surveillance of people with…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Population Groups, Adults
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Humphries, Kathleen; Traci, Meg Ann; Seekins, Tom – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: Adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities need dietary monitoring but are not likely to be able to provide accurate dietary intake data via traditional methods. Pilot study efforts to meet their support needs with a novel and practical approach to dietary intake data collection are described in this brief report. Materials…
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Food
Lewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
Procedures are outlined for employing a resource components approach to collect and report cost information on training and supported employment programs for adults with developmental disabilities. Examination of the costs of 41 Minnesota programs indicates that costs are functionally related to different consumer and program factors. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Developmental Disabilities, Program Costs
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Luiselli, James K.; St. Amand, CarrieAnne; MaGee, Christine; Sperry, James M. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2008
We describe a training program to teach applied behavior analysis (ABA) knowledge competencies to paraprofessional staff (N = 47) at a habilitation services agency for adults with developmental disabilities. Before and following training, staff completed assessment of knowledge tests for three content areas: basic learning principles,…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Caregivers, Adults, Behavior Modification
Schalock, Robert L.; Kiernan, William E.; McGaughey, Martha J. – 1992
Targeted to mental retardation/developmental disability (MR/DD) and vocational rehabilitation agencies, developmental disabilities councils, consumer and advocate groups, and protection and advocacy programs, this manual is designed to assist in the development of state-level data systems responsive to current accountability requirements. It also…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Database Design
Williams, Bruce W. – 1992
This report summarizes in-home behavioral interventions carried out with 18 individuals (ages 3 to 43) with developmental disabilities in the San Diego and North Los Angeles County Regional Centers during 1990-1991. The report focuses on client characteristics, problems that were addressed, intervention procedures used, and results. The paper…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Child Rearing, Children