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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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Burke, Meghan M.; Hodapp, Robert M. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Although mothers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience high levels of stress and schools constitute an important resource, the relation remains unknown between maternal stress and educational services. Responding to a national, web-based survey, 965 mothers of students with disabilities completed a 163-item…
Descriptors: Mothers, Stress Variables, Developmental Disabilities, Children
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Hodapp, Robert M.; Urbano, Richard C.; Burke, Meghan M. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
In this study, the authors used a national, Web-based survey to examine female and male siblings of individuals with disabilities. More than 1,160 adult siblings completed a 163-question survey about themselves, their siblings, and their sibling relationships. Most respondents reported fairly close contact with their siblings and positive sibling…
Descriptors: Siblings, Females, Disabilities, Sibling Relationship
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Burke, Meghan M.; Taylor, Julie Lounds; Urbano, Richard; Hodapp, Robert M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
With the growing life expectancy for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, siblings will increasingly assume responsibility for the care of their brother or sister with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Using a 163-item survey completed by 757 siblings, the authors identified factors related to future caregiving…
Descriptors: Siblings, Adults, Caregivers, Mental Retardation
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Hodapp, Robert M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
A significant concern of parents and professionals is that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities will go without regular educational-vocational activities. The authors examined predictors of such inactivity in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as how inactivity related to their sibling's…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Sibling Relationship
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Burke, Meghan M.; Urbano, Richard C.; Hodapp, Robert M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The authors determined family reproductive patterns after the birth of a child with (vs. without) a disability. Using Tennessee birth records, the authors examined families of children with Down syndrome (N = 1,123), spina bifida (N = 368), and population group (N = 734,189). Families of children with Down syndrome and with spina bifida were more…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Down Syndrome, Congenital Impairments, Family Size
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Fidler, Deborah J.; Lawson, John E.; Hodapp, Robert M. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2003
An analysis of educational desires found parents of children with Down syndrome (n=39) wanted changes in speech therapy and reading services, parents of children with Prader-Willi syndrome (n=25) wanted increases in adaptive physical education services, and parents of children with Williams syndrome (n=26) wanted increases in music services and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education