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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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Disley, Philip; Hatton, Chris; Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: This paper provides an overview of the empirical research on equity theory amongst staff working in services for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). Method: Relevant articles were identified by using the PsycINFO computerised database and by conducting manual searches of reference lists. Results: Six studies were…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Allied Health Personnel, Employee Attitudes, Theories
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Hatton, Chris; Taylor, John J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
Background: The PAS-ADD Checklist is designed to screen for likely mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities (ID). The specificity of recommended subscales derived from diagnostic criteria is unclear. This paper therefore investigates the factor structure of the PAS-ADD Checklist to determine the adequacy of empirically…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Check Lists, Mental Retardation, Factor Structure
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Hatton, Chris – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1998
This review of the research on the development and use of spoken pragmatic language skills by people with intellectual disabilities found that: this population does acquire basic pragmatic language skills; their communicative environments appear to inhibit the acquisition and display of pragmatic skills; different service settings affect pragmatic…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Children, Communication Skills
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Emerson, Eric; Hatton, Chris – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1996
The United Kingdom literature on effects of deinstitutionalization of adults with developmental disabilities from 1980 to 1994 was reviewed. Analysis generally associated smaller, community-based residential services with improvements in user engagement, adaptive behaviors and challenging behaviors, community acceptance and integration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities