Life Span Institute: Recent submissions
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Role of Spirituality and Religion in Family Quality of Life for Families of Children with Disabilities
(Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004)Results from a qualitative inquiry investigating conceptualization of family quality of life are provided. Focus groups and individual interviews were comprised of 187 individuals that included family members (e.g., parents, ... -
President's Address 2004: "Wearing Two Hats": Morphed Perspectives on Family Quality of Life
(Mental Retardation, 2004) -
Perspectives of Foster-Care Providers, Service Provicers, and Judges Regarding Privtized Foster-Care Services
(Jounal of Disability Policy Studies, 2006) -
Impacts of Poverty on Quality of LIfe in Families of Children with Disabilities
(Exceptional Children, 2002) -
Impact of Deafness on Early Family LIfe: A Review of the Literature
(Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2004)The presence of deafness in a family has the potential to affect all areas of family life. An understanding of the impact on family life is critical to addressing all components of the family system in early intervention. ... -
From the Old to the New Paradigm of Disability and Families: Research to Enhance Family Quality of Life Outcomes
(Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2002) -
Family Quality of Life: A Qualitative Inquiry
(Mental Retardation, 2003) -
The Relationship of Inquiry to Public Policy
(The Relationship of Inquiry to Public Policy, 2003) -
The Core Concepts of DIsability Policy Affecting Families who have Children with Disabilities
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) -
Reaching the Ideal
(Education Next, 2003) -
Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on youth and their families: Perspectives of foster care providers, youth with emotional disorder, service providers, and judges.
(Children and Youth Services Review, 2006)This article, which describes a component of a larger research project, focuses on participants' perspectives on (a) ways that the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) affected access to services for children with emotional ... -
Legal Consideration of Inclusion for Infants and Toddlers and Preschool Age Children
(Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, 2001) -
Matrix of Federal Statutes and Federal and State Court Decisions Reflecting the Core Concepts of Disability Policy
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001)This article sets out the 18 core concepts of policy affecting families who have children with disabilities. It defines each concept, provides a reference to the constitutional principle(s) that undergird the core concept, ... -
"Imagine All the People, Sharing..." or A (Not So) Modest Proposal Made on the Eve of IDEA Reauthorization
(Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2004) -
Five Models for Thinking About Disabilty: Implications for Policy Responses
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) -
Eugenics and Sterilization in the Heartland
(Mental Retardation, 2003) -
Classifications, Social Contracts, Obligations, Civil Rights, and the Supreme Court: Sutton v. United Air Lines
(Remedial and Special Education, 2001) -
A Taxonomy for Organizing the Core Concepts According to Their Underlying Principles
(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001)This article organizes and classifies the 18 core concepts. There are nine overarching principles into which the concepts fit: life, liberty, equality, dignity, family as foundation, community, capacity, individualization, ... -
A Quality of Life Framework for Special Education Outcomes
(Remedial and Special Education, 2003) -
Using Self-Monitoring to Increase Following-Direction Skills of Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities in General Education
(Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2005)