This bibliography, which was compiled in conjunction with a review of the developmental disabilities literature focusing on interventions with challenging behavior, contains references for 151 articles from 15 journals. The bibliography, covering articles published between 1988 and 1992, updates an earlier version which covered 1976 through 1987.…

Three agency teams at an ARC sheltered workshop providing comprehensive services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families were surveyed about the dynamics of the team process and then received inservice training on the team process and on evaluating teams. The inservice training included lecture, discussion, role play, and…

This feature issue newsletter looks at issues the self-advocacy movement is raising and the contributions it is making to the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Articles by self-advocates and advisors to self-advocacy organizations talk about their self-advocacy experiences, barriers to self-advocacy, and ways to support it. Primary…

This report was issued by a conference committee of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to reconcile disagreeing votes on amendments to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The Act is designed to assure that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have…

The report details accomplishments in the second year of a project serving 136 infants thought to be at high risk for developmental disabilities because of prematurity and serious illness. The project features a developmental intervention begun in the intensive care nursery (ICN) and continued in the infant's home during the first year of life. A…

This report describes the changes brought about by Project Redirection in New Jersey's Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities (formerly the Division of Mental Retardation), which now serves not only persons with mental retardation and autistic adults but also those individuals with developmental disabilities. Reports…

The document presents Minnesota's state plan for developmentally disabled residents. A question and answer format is used along with a narrative and references to state and federal law, regulations, and court rulings on the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definition and impact of developmental disabilities (effects on…

This paper details the pathway of development of early intervention program evaluation research along with the often-enumerated problems with research results. Early intervention evaluation, which was initiated in 1969, involves those organized efforts designed to remediate and/or reconcile developmental disabilities in young children up to the…

Research is cited to corroborate the lack of conceptual models for building a functional psychological evaluation system for developmentally disabled persons. A model is proposed for individualized evaluation/assessment using a functional approach and based on the cognitive-behavioral perspective. The model can be used to determine directions in…

The Parent Group Development Program was established to provide information and support for parents with developmental disabilities. Parent group activities focused on offering information about child development (through a guessing game in which behavior was matched to one of four age groups) and meal planning and budgeting (with a task that…

The paper summarizes results of time-in-motion studies on 259 mildly to severely mentally retarded clients in programs for the developmentally disabled (mean ages 11-42 years old). The study was part of an effort to determine staff utilization patterns and costs associated with the delivery of each of 40 habilitation/training packages developed…

The study examined policies of the California community colleges concerned with serving the developmentally disabled adult; identified programs and related services offered to this population at the community colleges; and determined eligibility criteria for these programs. It also developed policies, guidelines, educational services, and related…

The manual examines ways in which nonprofessional group home health care workers can enhance the communication and interaction skills of developmentally disabled clients. The communication process is explored in terms of information exchange, both verbal and nonverbal. Examples of vocal, nonvocal, and echolalic speech are offered and suggestions…