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McEwen, Jade; Bigby, Christine; Douglas, Jacinta – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Australian disability services must comply with quality standards defined by federal government. Standards are abstract, focus on paperwork and rarely describe what good service quality looks like in practice. This research explored frontline day service staff's perceptions of good service quality to identify ways that it may be better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Quality Control, Standards
Araten-Bergman, Tal; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: Building Circles of Support is an innovative strategy for developing natural support networks. This study explored some of the ambiguity in the conceptualisations, operational elements, and perceived outcomes of Circles of Support programs. Method: A comparative case study of three Australian Circles of Support programs was conducted.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Social Support Groups, Foreign Countries, Adults
Bigby, Christine; Douglas, Jacinta; Smith, Elizabeth; Carney, Terry; Then, Shih-Ning; Wiesel, Ilan – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: Supporting participation in decision making is complex, dynamic and multifactorial. The aim of this study was to understand more about the difficulties parents of adults with intellectual disabilities experienced in providing decision support and their strategies for resolving them. Method: Participants were 23 parents who regularly…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Parent Role, Participative Decision Making
Johnson, Hilary; Bigby, Christine; Iacono, Teresa; Douglas, Jacinta; Katthagen, Sarah; Bould, Emma – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: The social relationships model was developed to describe positive relationships between support staff and people with intellectual disability. We evaluated an educational intervention based on this model. Method: Eighteen staff supporting 5 adult service users with severe or profound intellectual disability from 3 day services received…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Caregivers, Adults, Severe Intellectual Disability
Bigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Iacono, Teresa; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: Organisational and service level factors are identified as influencing the implementation of Active Support. The aim was to explore differences in organisational leadership and structures to identify potential relationships between these factors and the quality of Active Support in supported accommodation services. Method: Fourteen…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Intellectual Disability, Leadership Styles, Quality of Life
Bigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Iacono, Teresa; Kavanagh, Shane; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Active Support, now widely adopted by disability support organizations, is difficult to implement. The study aim was to identify the factors associated with good Active Support. Methods: Data on service user and staff characteristics, quality of Active Support and practice leadership were collected from a sample of services from 14…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Social Support Groups, Training, Leadership
Bigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: Dissatisfaction with the inflexibility of the group home model has led to the growth of supported living that separates housing from support and is thought to have greater potential for better quality of life outcomes. Comparative studies have had mixed findings with some showing few differences, other than greater choice in supported…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Self Determination, Low Income Groups, Social Life
Bigby, Christine; Whiteside, Mary; Douglas, Jacinta – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Supporting people with intellectual disability to make decisions is an important issue for policy implementation yet there is little evidence about the practice of providing support. Method: This study aimed to understand the experiences of family members and disability support workers in providing support to adults with intellectual…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Civil Rights
Bigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Iacono, Teresa; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: There is strong evidence about the effectiveness of Active Support. Recent research has established predictors of good Active Support as staff training, practice leadership, and service setting size. This paper explores features of organisational leadership and structures predictive of Active Support. Methods: Multilevel modelling with…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Residential Programs
Anderson, Sian; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: The role of support workers in self-advocacy groups is complex. The lack of transparency about who controls the agenda within groups is problematised by commentators but the evidence is limited about how supporters act, exercise power and are regarded by self-advocates. Aim: This study investigated the work of supporters in independent…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Social Support Groups
Humphreys, Lincoln; Bigby, Christine; Iacono, Teresa; Bould, Emma – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Organizational culture in group homes for people with intellectual disabilities has been identified as influencing staff behaviour and residents' quality of life (QOL). Despite this influence, culture has been under-researched, with no published and validated instrument to measure its dimensions in group homes. The aim was to develop…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Organizational Culture, Group Homes, Intellectual Disability
Fossey, Ellie; Chaffey, Lisa; Venville, Annie; Ennals, Priscilla; Douglas, Jacinta; Bigby, Christine – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This research explores the complex factors affecting the implementation of learning supports for students with disabilities or ongoing health conditions. It focuses on two types of learning support: (1) individualised reasonable adjustments; and (2) institution-level learning supports, the latter being available to all students. These supports can…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Mental Disorders, Student Needs
Henderson, David; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are one of the most disadvantaged and marginalised groups in contemporary Australian society and until relatively recently, the history of intellectual disability in Australia has been neglected. Methods: Using semi-structured, life story oral history interviews, the life stories of three people…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Oral History, Experience, Identification (Psychology)
Bigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Research indicates the value of active support in achieving good outcomes across a number of quality of life domains for people with intellectual disabilities. However, implementation is not easy, and little research has explored why. We aimed to identify some of the factors that impact on implementation of active support in supported…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability, Staff Development
Quilliam, Claire; Bigby, Christine; Douglas, Jacinta – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: Paperwork can transform organisational aims into action in group homes, but it can also be problematic for staff. The aim of this study was to explore frontline staff perspectives on paperwork in group homes for people with intellectual disability. Methods: Constructivist grounded theory methodology guided the study. Data were…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Semi Structured Interviews, Observation, Reports