Policy, Program Evaluation, and Research in Disability: Community Support for All.Policy, Program Evaluation Program evaluation is a formalized approach to studying and assessing projects, policies and program and determining if they 'work'. Program evaluation is used in government and the private sector and it's taught in numerous universities. , and Research in Disability: Community Support for All Racino JA. Binghamton, NY 13904, The Haworth Press, 1999, paperback, 475 pp, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-7890-0598-0, $39.95. This book highlights ways to help people with disabilities reach their full potential in their communities. The current trend in the care of people with disabilities is moving away from center-based services and institutionalization Institutionalization The gradual domination of financial markets by institutional investors, as opposed to individual investors. This process has occurred throughout the industrialized world. . There are new developments in community living for children and their families and for adults and elders with disabilities. This book discusses a number of different groups of people with various disabilities, including physical disabilities, psychiatric disorders, brain injuries, mental retardation mental retardation, below average level of intellectual functioning, usually defined by an IQ of below 70 to 75, combined with limitations in the skills necessary for daily living. and developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. , and multiple disabilities with hearing, speech, and visual impairments. The book gives numerous examples and illustrations of how community supports can work for people with a wide range of disabilities. The book focuses on personal assistance services (PAS), which is the next step in translating the Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. into mainstream policy and practice. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the author, with PAS, all people with disabilities will be able to live successfully in, and be a part of, natural communities that will provide them with the support they need. People with disabilities will be recognized for the positive contributions they make, and they will benefit from enduring relationships with other people. They will have a choice of individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. services and supports and will enjoy productive and integrated lives. Some of the topics this book covers are qualitative evaluation and research, policies to support change in the community and in systems, the role of courts in institutional closure, self-advocacy and guardianship local control, universal access, people with psychiatric disorders, the self-help movement, user-directed PAS, implications for brain injury, and housing and foster care. Appendixes on methodological considerations in PAS and policy and organizational research are included. An index of organizations, departments, and associations is also given. This book is written primarily for researchers, educators, various constituencies of persons with disabilities, and community leaders. The clinician who treats persons with disabilities would find this book useful. Matilda Hesse, PT, MS St Elizabeth Medical Center Covington, Ky Ms Hesse is a physical therapist specializing in home care. |
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