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Direct linkGarcía Iriarte, Edurne; Stockdale, Janine; McConkey, Roy; Keogh, Fiona – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
The movement of people with intellectual disabilities into the community is increasingly endorsed by public policy. Whilst staff are critical to a successful transition to the community, there is only scattered research on their role in supporting people to move. In this study, 32 staff and the 16 people with intellectual disabilities they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Staff Role, Group Homes, Intellectual Disability
McConkey, Roy; Keogh, Fiona; Bunting, Brendan; Iriarte, Edurne Garcia – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
A natural experiment contrasted the self-rated well-being of people with intellectual disabilities (n = 75) and those with enduring mental health problems (n = 44) after they moved to new accommodation and support options, while others remained in congregated settings or living in the family home. Most support staff also provided well-being…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Well Being, Group Homes, Comparative Analysis
Catibušic, Bronagh; Gallagher, Fiona; Karazi, Shadi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
This paper describes a research project investigating language and intercultural support for adult Syrian refugees in Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). Learning the language of the host community has been identified as a crucial factor in resettlement satisfaction for adult refugees, with particular difficulties reported…
Descriptors: Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Social Integration
Martin, Shirley; Horgan, Deirdre; O'Riordan, Jacqui; Christie, Alastair – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2018
The article analyses the findings of a small-scale qualitative study in Ireland that examines interactions between asylum-seeking mothers and primary school teachers, and highlights the significance of teachers' understandings of asylum in shaping home-school communications. Mothers and children in this study were living in Direct Provision,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Elementary School Teachers, Refugees, Mothers
McConkey, Roy; Keogh, Fiona; Bunting, Brendan; Garcia Iriarte, Edurne; Watson, Sheelah Flatman – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Internationally the relocation of people with intellectual disability from institutions has brought significant gains to their quality of life. This study contrasted three groups of persons in Ireland who moved either to personalized arrangements (n = 29) or to community group homes (n = 31) with those who remained in congregated settings awaiting…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Patients, Institutionalized Persons, Placement
Cairns, David; Growiec, Katarzyna; Smyth, Jim – Journal of Youth Studies, 2012
This article explores the geographical mobility intentions of students aged between 18 and 24 years in the Republic of Ireland after the end of the economic boom commonly referred to as the "Celtic Tiger". Focusing upon a sample of undergraduates in Dublin and Cork, the article looks at how many respondents intend to move abroad in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflection, Undergraduate Students, Student Mobility
