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Construct and criterion validities of the Service Need Assessment Profile (SNAP): a measure of support for people with disabilities
- Authors:
- GUSCIA Roma, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 31(3), September 2006, pp.148-155.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Service Need Assessment Profile (SNAP) measures individual functional needs in areas of daily living. It produces a support profile, detailing the time allocations for staff support to assist in each area of need. The Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) is a support needs assessment scale designed to provide an objective measure of a person's need for support in medical, behavioural, and life activities. SIS can be used for individualised support planning, clinical judgements regarding support needs, resource allocation and financial planning. The Inventory for Client and Agency Planning (ICAP) assesses adaptive and maladaptive behaviours and gathers additional information to determine type and amount of special assistance that people with disabilities need. This study evaluated the construct and criterion validities of SNAP in relation to the SIS and ICAP, using assessment data from 114 individuals with a range of disabilities and levels of severity. Construct and criterion validities were supported for the SNAP by high correlations with SIS, ICAP, and staff estimates of support needs and by its capacity to discriminate between sub‐groups in expected ways. The results provide support for the use of SNAP as a support needs instrument.
How responsive is your service?
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 7(2), October 1993, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes a framework for examining the responses of services to changing user needs and preferences.
Service review for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- MATTHEWS James, SUMPTON Roger
- Publisher:
- Derbyshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Matlock
Review looking at services and at how far they cover people's needs. Analyses conclusions drawn to determine and identify the extent and levels of good practice.
Commentary on “An audit of an Intensive Interaction service”
- Author:
- BAKER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 20(3), 2015, pp.117-120.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “An audit of an Intensive Interaction service”. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on the literature regarding other related person-centred approaches and clinical and research experience, an argument is made that people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities are particularly at risk when service innovation does not account for their unique needs. Findings: Practice and service models need to specifically account for the needs of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Originality/value: The commentary draws attention to the importance of implementation and seeks to draw lessons from well established, service wide approaches for people with intellectual disabilities. (Publisher abstract)
Rater bias and the measurement of support needs
- Authors:
- GUSCIA Roma, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 31(3), September 2006, pp.156-160.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The development and use of support need instruments for funding disability services is a relatively recent initiative. Although the use of these measures appears at face value to provide an objective measure of support needs, little is known about their psychometric properties, particularly with respect to rater bias and purpose of assessment. A measure of support that has been developed in Australia to provide estimates of service needs and associated funding is the Service Need Assessment Profile (SNAP). This study investigated whether SNAP scores obtained for different assessment purposes – research and funding – are affected by rater bias, by comparing SNAP to 3 other measures of support from 29 people with intellectual disabilities.The authors found that SNAP scores completed for funding purposes showed an individual's support needs to be much greater than comparison scores on both SNAP and the 3 other measures obtained for research purposes. The results suggest that support measures such as SNAP may significantly overestimate support needs when raters know the assessment is being used for funding purposes
Successful adoption of children with Down Syndrome and other developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- GLIDDEN Laraine Masters, CAHILL Brigid
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 1(3), 1998, pp.27-43.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
This article uses different methodological strategies, including case-by-case matching and regression techniques, to test hypotheses relating to better outcomes for parents and families who have adopted children with Down Syndrome in comparison to children with other developmental disabilities. The results demonstrated successful functioning for parents and families on a variety of measures, regardless of whether the adopted children had Down Syndrome or other developmental disabilities.
Residential staff: How they view their training and professional support
- Author:
- McVILLY Keith R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(1), 1997, pp.18-25.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Investigates the needs and views of community residential staff who support people with a learning disability. Questionnaires were divided into four categories: direct support skills, background knowledge, values and philosophy of service provision, organisational/operational knowledge. Items were rated among three dimensions: importance, preparation and usefulness. Staff also reported on opportunities for professional development, appraisal processes and support structures, and their expected tenure, the operation of the agency and the needs of clients. Findings highlight the priorities that staff attach to various aspects of their training and the degree to which they believe they have been prepared to undertake their work. Suggestions are made for the planning of induction and in-service training and the development of staff support structures.
Understanding and learning from a 'failure' in community care
- Authors:
- WATSON Jeff, ARCHER Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(3), December 1994, pp.272-277.
In an uncontrolled qualitative single-case study, several core themes of deinstitutionalization are explored in depth. The transition from hospital to group residential home is tracked for one older woman, with a focus on some of the barriers to effective relocation. Several unresolved questions remained, including the extent to which individual and group need are met in a single setting with limited resources. Some of the limitations of this research method are identified and explored.
The profile of the children and young people accessing an NSPCC service for harmful sexual behaviour: summary report
- Author:
- HOLLIS Vicki
- Publisher:
- NSPCC
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
This summary report looks at the characteristics and needs of girls, boys under the age of 12, and children and young people with a learning difficulty displaying harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) and looks at what works to support them. It draws on the experience of an NSPCC service set up specifically to help these children and the views of professions working with them. Information was collected on all of the 198 children and young people accessing the service between March 2013 and August 2015. Of these, 14 per cent were female, one-third were males aged 11 and under; and half were males with a learning difficulty. A total of 31 interviews were also carried out with managers and practitioners. The analysis identified differences between the girls, younger males, and males with a learning difficulty in their relationship to their victims; the children and young people had a range of emotional, behavioural and peer-related difficulties alongside their HSB; and that many children had experienced some trauma. To support these children the report recommends a holistic, multi-agency approach to intervention that takes account of the views of children and young people, their parents/carers, and professionals in their wider network. Any intervention may also need to be tailored specifically for children or young people with a learning disability. (Edited publisher abstract)
Shifting the balance of services. A review of respite care in Torfaen
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 9(1), Autumn 2003, pp.16-21.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
Torfaen is a small unitary authority in South East Wales. Reports on a study into respite services which was carried out between June and September 2002. The study was carried out to review services in light of Torfaen's split from the four other authorities in the former Gwent; the emphasis on supporting carers in the strategy of the Welsh Assembly; practice concerns relating to the low level of services to disabled people in Wales. This article describes the approach taken and some of the findings.