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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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How Organizations Can Enhance the Quality of Life of Their Clients and Assess Their Results: The Concept of QOL Enhancement
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Reinders, Hans S.; Schalock, Robert L. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
This article presents the framework of a dynamic approach to quality of life (QOL) enhancement based on the conceptualization and measurement of individual-referenced quality of life. Sections of the article summarize the premises of QOL enhancement, provide the rationale for a dynamic approach to QOL enhancement, discuss six components of QOL…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Individual Needs, Individual Characteristics
Active Aging for Individuals with Intellectual Disability: Meaningful Community Participation through Employment, Retirement, Service, and Volunteerism
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Fesko, Sheila Lynch; Hall, Allison Cohen; Quinlan, Jerrilyn; Jockell, Catherine – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
As individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities become more engaged in community employment, it will be critical to consider how their employment experience changes as they age. Similar to other seniors, individuals will need to consider whether they want to maintain their employment, reduce their work commitment, or retire…
Descriptors: Retirement, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Employment Level
The Construct of Adaptive Behavior: Its Conceptualization, Measurement, and Use in the Field of Intellectual Disability
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Tasse, Marc J.; Schalock, Robert L.; Balboni, Giulia; Bersani, Hank, Jr.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Spreat, Scott; Thissen, David; Widaman, Keith F.; Zhang, Dalun – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This article updates the current conceptualization, measurement, and use of the adaptive behavior construct. Major sections of the article address an understanding of the construct, the current approaches to its measurement, four assessment issues and challenges related to the use of adaptive behavior information for the diagnosis of intellectual…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Mental Retardation, Measurement, Evaluation
Designs and Analyses of Psychotropic and Behavioral Interventions for the Treatment of Problem Behavior among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Courtemanche, Andrea B.; Schroeder, Stephen R.; Sheldon, Jan B. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
A combination of behavioral and medication-based interventions has been the most effective form of treatment for reducing problem behavior in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Evaluating the 2 types of interventions in combination and separately may require that researchers adapt methods traditionally used to evaluate…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Methods
Cognitive Development and Down Syndrome: Age-Related Change on the Stanford-Binet Test (Fourth Edition)
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Couzens, Donna; Cuskelly, Monica; Haynes, Michele – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Growth models for subtests of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, 4th edition (R. L. Thorndike, E. P. Hagen, & J. M. Sattler, 1986a, 1986b) were developed for individuals with Down syndrome. Models were based on the assessments of 208 individuals who participated in longitudinal and cross-sectional research between 1987 and 2004. Variation in…
Descriptors: Sentences, Down Syndrome, Memory, Cognitive Development
Proxy Healthcare Decision-Making for Persons with Intellectual Disability: Perspectives of Residential-Agency Directors
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Fisher, Kathleen M.; Orkin, Fredrick K.; Green, Michael J.; Chinchilli, Vernon M.; Bhattacharya, Anand – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Directors of residential agencies for persons with intellectual disability in one U.S. state completed a self-administered, mailed survey to assess relative importance of information sources and decision factors in proxy healthcare decision-making. The most important sources were physician recommendations and input from the person; family input,…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Health Conditions, Interests, Information Sources