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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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Ailey, Sarah H.; Johnson, Tricia; Fogg, Louis; Friese, Tanya R. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) represent a small but important group of hospitalized patients who often have complex health care needs. Individuals with ID experience high rates of hospitalization for ambulatory-sensitive conditions and high rates of hospitalizations in general, even when in formal community care systems; however,…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Mental Retardation, Colleges, Institutional Cooperation
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Karl, Renee; McGuigan, Denise; Withiam-Leitch, Matthew L.; Akl, Elie A.; Symons, Andrew B. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
There is evidence that early and frequent encounters with people with disabilities can improve medical students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes about disability. As part of a 4-year integrated curriculum in caring for patients with disabilities, third-year medical students ("n" ?=? 144) in a Family Medicine clerkship participated…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Medical Students, Medical Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual Disability:…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
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Stephenson, Jennifer; Dowrick, Margaret – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2005
Background: The development of communication skills in children with severe disabilities partly depends on the responsivity of partners to all forms of communicative behaviour. This study explored the behaviours that parents interpret as communicative. Method: Parents of 10 children aged 4 to 9 years were interviewed about the forms of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Nonverbal Communication