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Self-Direction : A Revolution in Human Services.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradley, Valerie J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human services.
- Autonomy (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Self-Direction
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Relates how the self-direction movement was developed, the research that supports it, how the model has spread across the country and the globe, and recommendations and prospects for the future.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Self-direction: What It Is and How It Works
- Chapter 2 The History and Policy Antecedents of Self-direction
- Early Activism
- Philosophical Shift
- Programmatic Precursors
- Reform through the Courts
- Demonstrations
- Recent Developments
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3 The Federal Role: Less Visible, Just as Important
- Timeline of Federal Government Actions Promoting Self-direction
- Roles and Individuals
- Research
- Regulation
- Development for Particular Populations
- Quality Control
- People as Well as Organizations
- Chapter 4 The Status of Self-directionacross the Country
- State Participation in Self-direction
- Growth in the Numbers of Individuals Who Are Self-directing
- Participation of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Self-direction
- State Implementation of Self-direction
- Chapter 5 Setting Individualized Budgets to Support Self-direction
- Framework for Categorizing Individualized Funding Methodologies
- Conversational Method
- Assessment-Based Methods
- Complementing Considerations
- Chapter 6 The Impact of Self-direction:Results for Participants
- Early Models of Self-direction
- Cash and Counseling: Twenty Years of Research
- Evaluation of Robert Wood Johnson Pilot Demonstrations for Self-Determination for People with Developmental Disabilities
- Evaluation of Participant Outcomes
- Individual State Studies
- Impact on Workers
- Chapter 7 The Impact of Self-direction:Financial Results
- Cost: An Important Outcome
- How This Chapter Is Organized
- Cash and Counseling Cost Studies
- Cost Studies of Self-directionfor People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- State Studies in Tennessee and Colorado
- Conclusion.
- Chapter 8 Factors That Can Influence the Growth of Self-direction
- Demographic Trends That Will Impact Self-direction
- Impending Worker Shortages
- Facilitating Self-directionthrough Public Policy
- Initiatives by National Membership Groups and Professional Associations
- Trends That May Constrain the Growth of Self-direction
- Chapter 9 The Expansion of Self-directionto Other Participants
- Self-directionfor Veterans
- Self-directionin Mental Health
- Chapter 10 International Examples of Self-direction in Human Services
- Germany
- The Netherlands
- England
- Australia
- Conclusions and Lessons Learned
- Chapter 11 Reflections and Recommendations
- What We Know
- Reflections from Practitioners, Administrators, and Advocates
- Recommendations for the Future of Self-direction
- System Recommendations
- Postscript
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781438483443
- 1438483449
- OCLC:
- 1257550388
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