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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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Hewitt, Amy; Agosta, John; Heller, Tamar; Williams, Ann Cameron; Reinke, Jennifer – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Families are critical in the provision of lifelong support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Today, more people with IDD receive long-term services and supports while living with their families. Thus, it is important that researchers, practitioners, and policy makers understand how to best support families who…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Role, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
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Harrington, Charlene; Kang, Taewoon; Chang, Jamie – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
This study examined need, predisposing, market, and regional factors that predicted the likelihood of individuals with developmental disabilities living in state developmental centers (DCs) compared with living at home, in community care, or in intermediate care (ICFs) and other facilities. Secondary data analysis using logistic regression models…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Minority Groups, Age Differences, Mental Retardation