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Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Participate in their Communities through Support Staff Pilot Intervention

Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Participate in their... Background Increasingly, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) are supported to participate in least‐restricted settings in the community. However, little is known about desired community participation choice and control of people with I/DD, nor effective strategies to support full participation. Furthermore, service providers of this population in community and residential settings have unique roles in influencing choice and control in community participation. Research Aim The purpose of this project is to empower adults with I/DD in community participation by collaborating with agency staff and administrators to strategize change in service provision and programming. Methods This article describes the development, imple‐mentation and mixed‐methods evaluation of a pilot staff intervention. Results Findings indicate staff who participated in pilot intervention report increased confidence in supporting adults with I/DD to participate in their communities. Conclusions Intervention development has implications for staff, administrators and agencies in planning and executing opportunities to support choice and control for community participation for adults with I/DD. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Wiley

Supporting People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Participate in their Communities through Support Staff Pilot Intervention

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISSN
1360-2322
eISSN
1468-3148
DOI
10.1111/jar.12060
pmid
23733605
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Abstract

Background Increasingly, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) are supported to participate in least‐restricted settings in the community. However, little is known about desired community participation choice and control of people with I/DD, nor effective strategies to support full participation. Furthermore, service providers of this population in community and residential settings have unique roles in influencing choice and control in community participation. Research Aim The purpose of this project is to empower adults with I/DD in community participation by collaborating with agency staff and administrators to strategize change in service provision and programming. Methods This article describes the development, imple‐mentation and mixed‐methods evaluation of a pilot staff intervention. Results Findings indicate staff who participated in pilot intervention report increased confidence in supporting adults with I/DD to participate in their communities. Conclusions Intervention development has implications for staff, administrators and agencies in planning and executing opportunities to support choice and control for community participation for adults with I/DD.

Journal

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual DisabilitiesWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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