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Growth in residential services in Australia and the United States: 1997–2002
- Authors:
- STANCLIFFE Roger J., LAKIN K. Charlie, PROUTY Robert W.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 30(3), September 2005, pp.181-184.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article looks at the growth in residential services in Australia and the United States for people with intellectual disability as it related to national population growth. It aims to identify the extent of real growth in residential services by comparing annual changes in service provision with growth of the national population in Australia and the United States in 1997.
Provision of residential services for people with intellectual disability in Australia: an international comparison
- Author:
- STANCLIFFE Roger J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 27(2), June 2002, pp.117-124.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
National data on the provision of services to Australians with a disability under the Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement (CSDA) have been gathered since 1995 using the Minimum Data Set (MDS). This paper analyses MDS data on residential services for people with intellectual disability between 1995 and 1999. Trends include: a steady growth in the number of recipients of CSDA-funded residential services; a slow decline in the proportion of people housed in large residentials; a gradual increase in the number of people served in community group homes; and a more rapid growth in outreach/drop-in services such as semi-independent living. Makes comparisons with the USA and United Kingdom and concludes that Australia needs to increase the provision of residential services to people with intellectual disability.
Active support, participation and depression
- Authors:
- STANCLIFFE Roger J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 23(4), July 2010, pp.312-321.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Active Support is a model of support intended to bring about meaningful everyday activities by people with intellectual disabilities. The aim of this study was to examine the medium-term effect of implementation of Active Support on domestic participation, adaptive behaviour, challenging behaviour and depression in adults with intellectual disabilities who lived in community group homes. It investigated the effect of staff training in Active Support in 9 group homes. Outcome data were obtained for 41 clients. The effectiveness of Active Support was evaluated with a pre-test:post-test design, using a number of standardised assessments and other questionnaires, with group home staff as informants. These assessments were conducted before Active Support training and an average of 6.5 months later. The results showed that following implementation of Active Support residents experienced significant increases in domestic participation and adaptive behaviour. There were significant decreases in internalised challenging behaviour, overall challenging behaviour and depression. There was no significant pre–post change in other forms of challenging behaviour.