Book Review: Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices: Social Relationships and Peer Support, Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices: Behavioral Support, Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices: Collaborative Teaming, Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices: Modifying Schoolwork, Sexuality: Your Sons and Daughters with Intellectual Disabilities

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-191
Author(s):  
Mary A. Falvey ◽  
Wanda J. Blanchett
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Behavioral Support

The role of support staff as people move from congregated settings to group homes and personalized arrangements in Ireland

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edurne García Iriarte ◽  
Janine Stockdale ◽  
Roy McConkey ◽  
Fiona Keogh
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Staff Training ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Group Homes ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Community Group ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities

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 supported to move from congregated settings to group homes or personalized living arrangements in the community were interviewed on two occasions, before (time 1) and after (time 2) the move. In congregated settings, staff steered the move to community living, they helped them to settle in community group homes and supported them to increase control over their lives in personalized community arrangements, where they support became increasingly more personalized and geared towards community participation and development of social relationships. Implications for staff training are drawn.

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