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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
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Yamaki, Kiyoshi; Wing, Coady; Mitchell, Dale; Owen, Randall; Heller, Tamar – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are frequent users of health services. We examined how their service utilization of emergency department (ED), inpatient hospitalization, and primary care physicians changed as they transitioned from fee-for-service to Medicaid managed care (MMC). Our results showed that MMC reduced the…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Health Needs
Colond, Josefina S.; Wieseler, Norman A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
An evaluation was conducted of community support services in Minnesota that provide treatment options to individuals with developmental disabilities who display behaviors that put them at risk of losing their current community placement and being placed in a large state facility. Evaluation results and the outreach service model are considered.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Community Services
Wheeler, John J.; Redinius, Patrick – 1994
This paper presents a consultative model for providing behavioral supports within the context of a public school setting to students with developmental disabilities who display challenging behaviors. The suggested model is contrasted with the traditional consultation model in which a consultant comes from outside the immediate problem situation,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems
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Dodder, Richard A.; Foster, Luann H.; Bolin, Brien L. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
This study examined the reliability of an instrument used to evaluate services for people with developmental disabilities. Seven types of variables were analyzed: demographic data, residential arrangements, medical needs, adaptive behavior, severity of challenging behavior, frequency of challenging behavior, and the perception that disabled…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Problems, Caregivers
Shoultz, Bonnie, Ed. – 1990
This abstract bibliography lists approxiately 365 selected resources (published from 1972 through 1990) for promoting the participation of people with developmental and other disabilities in all aspects of community life. The bibliography concentrates more heavily on books, monographs, and unpublished and publicly available documents than on…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavior Problems, Community Planning, Delivery Systems
Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2004
The 25th Annual Report to Congress has been designed to showcase the data collected from states and the national studies that make up the Office of Special Education Programs' (OSEP) National Assessment of the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act. To this end, OSEP proposed questions about the characteristics of children and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, State Programs