scholarly journals Revenue and Expenses over Five Years in Intellectual Disability Service Providers in Pennsylvania

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Scott Spreat
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers

scholarly journals Is Safety in the Eye of the Beholder? Safeguards in Research With Adults With Intellectual Disability

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 424-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E. McDonald ◽  
Nicole E. Conroy ◽  
Carolyn I. Kim ◽  
Emily J. LoBraico ◽  
Ellis M. Prather ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Institutional Review Board ◽  
Human Subjects Research ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Institutional Review

Human subjects research has a core commitment to participant well-being. This obligation is accentuated for once exploited populations such as adults with intellectual disability. Yet we know little about the public’s views on appropriate safeguards for this population. We surveyed adults with intellectual disability, family members and friends, disability service providers, researchers, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) members to compare views on safeguards. We found many points of convergence of views, particularly for decision-making and participation. One trend is that adults with intellectual disability perceive greater safety in being engaged directly in recruitment, and recruitment by specific individuals. Researchers and IRB members need to consider community views to facilitate the safe and respectful inclusion of adults with intellectual disability.

Attitudes of Pakistani Community Members and Staff Toward People with Intellectual Disability

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mazna Patka ◽  
Christopher B. Keys ◽  
David B. Henry ◽  
Katherine E. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The acceptance and inclusion of persons with intellectual disability can vary across cultures, and understanding attitudes can provide insight into such variation. To our knowledge, no previous study has explored attitudes toward people with intellectual disability among Pakistani community members and disability service providers. We administered the Community Living Attitudes Scale (Henry et al., 1996), a measure of attitudes toward people with intellectual disability developed in the United States, to 262 community members and 190 disability service providers in Pakistan. Confirmatory factor analysis found a 4-factor solution (empowerment, similarity, exclusion, and sheltering) fit the Pakistani sample. More positive attitudes were observed in staff serving people with intellectual disability, females, Christians, Hindus, Sunnis, and people with greater education. We discuss implications for research, theory, and practice.

scholarly journals Maximising engagement and participation of intellectual disability staff in research: Insights from conducting a UK-wide survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 174462952092414
Author(s):  
Claire Kar Kei Lam ◽  
Jane Bernal ◽  
Janet Finlayson ◽  
Stuart Todd ◽  
Laurence Taggart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Recruitment Strategy ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Dissemination Strategy ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Disability Service Providers

Aim: This article explores ways of maximising engagement of intellectual disability staff as research participants, research advisers and research implementers. Method: The authors describe and reflect on a three-phased strategy in recruiting front-line staff ( n = 690) working for intellectual disability service providers ( n = 25) to participate in a UK-wide anonymous online survey about death, dying and bereavement. Results: Important elements in engaging participants were: involving stakeholders at all stages of the research process, which includes: building relationships with participating organisations; enlisting organisational management support at all levels; an attractive and well laid-out collection tool; a well-structured recruitment strategy; time and flexibility; and a varied and targeted dissemination strategy. However, the recruitment method had limitations, in particular around representativeness, bias and generalisability. Conclusions: Staff in intellectual disability services can be enthusiastic and invaluable research participants. Active engagement between researchers, participating organisations and stakeholder groups is key to ensuring involvement of intellectual disability staff with research.

"No-man's-land" between occupational health and safety legislation and the disability service sector

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Gaye Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The People ◽  
No Man's Land

The aim of this paper is to draw attention to a significant and growing tension that exists between the application of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation and the obligations of disability service providers under disability legislation and funding agreements with governments. Our purpose in highlighting this tension is to seek a body of knowledge to inform the courts and judicators of the complexities of implementing OHS and disability service work, and to gain a sound understanding of the synergies already in existence with OHS practices and the disability sector. We also need to keep in mind that we don?t compromise the rights of people with disabilities, nor the health and safety of the people who work with them.

scholarly journals On the heterogeneity of preferences for disability services

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Randle ◽  
Bettina Grün ◽  
Sara Dolnicar
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Disability Services ◽  
Market Segment ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers ◽  
Consumption Values ◽  
Heterogeneity Of Preferences

This paper investigates heterogeneity of preferences for disability services within the theoretical framework of consumption values. We conducted interviews with people with a disability and disability service providers to develop survey items, then conducted a survey with 2000 adult Australian residents who either had a disability or were carers of a person with a disability. After conducting descriptive analyses and data-driven market segmentation, findings revealed that, at the aggregate level, basic or functional benefits of disability services are most important. However, when accounting for heterogeneity, very distinct benefit patterns emerge, pointing to the substantial potential for improving disability services by catering to distinct market segment needs. These insights have the potential to improve disability service provision, thus maximally harvesting the opportunities from disability service models that now often include commercial providers, and enabling people with disabilities to make optimal choices in relation to both services and providers.

scholarly journals Achieving Inclusive Field-based Education: Results and Recommendations from an Accessible Geoscience Field Trip

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D Feig ◽  
Christopher Atchison ◽  
Alison Stokes ◽  
Brett Gilley
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers

Learners with disabilities are often denied field-based learning experiences in naturalistic disciplines. Geology can present substantial barriers due to rugged terrain in difficult-to-reach locations. In 2014, a field trip was executed with the dual purpose of 1) designing inclusion in field learning and 2) demonstrating to college faculty an accessible field experience. Direct observations of participants on the trip, as well as pre- and post-trip focus groups, illuminate the student and faculty field learning experience. Geoscience faculty have little guidance or support in understanding what disability is, how to reconcile accommodation with field-geology learning goals, and they cited instances where disability service providers acted as gatekeepers. The net effect of these ontologies is to reduce faculty empathy with, and thus their ability to be inclusive of, students with disabilities in field settings. Recommendations for teachers include taking campus disability-services administrators on field trips, opening and maintaining communications with disability service providers, and designing pedagogically sound field trips that align as much as possible to principles of universal design. An advocacy approach is described, which focuses on the students and the educational process, instead of on institutional compliance. Finally, geoscience faculty should conceptualize disability service providers as accessibility service providers.

Determinates of Successful, Culturally Competent Disability Service Providers

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dimpfl ◽  
T. Taylor-Ritzler ◽  
F. Balcazar ◽  
A. Oberoi ◽  
C. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Disability Service ◽  
Disability Service Providers
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