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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental opportunities and supports for exercising self-determination in community-based residential settings.
AU - Robertson, Janet
AU - Emerson, Eric
AU - Hatton, Chris
AU - Gregory, Nicola
AU - Kessissoglou, Sophia
AU - Hallam, Angela
AU - Walsh, Patricia Noonan
PY - 2001/11
Y1 - 2001/11
N2 - Information was collected on the environmental opportunities for exercising self-determination among 281 adults with mental retardation receiving community-based residential supports. The results indicated that: (1) the majority of participants had little or no opportunity to exercise self-determination over major life decisions (e.g., with whom and where to live, the recruitment and retention of care staff); (2) even in more mundane areas, such as where and when to eat, the majority of participants were not supported to exercise effective control; (3) variation in environmental opportunities to exercise self-determination was strongly related to a range of factors including participant ability, previous residential history, and structural and procedural aspects of the residential supports currently provided.
AB - Information was collected on the environmental opportunities for exercising self-determination among 281 adults with mental retardation receiving community-based residential supports. The results indicated that: (1) the majority of participants had little or no opportunity to exercise self-determination over major life decisions (e.g., with whom and where to live, the recruitment and retention of care staff); (2) even in more mundane areas, such as where and when to eat, the majority of participants were not supported to exercise effective control; (3) variation in environmental opportunities to exercise self-determination was strongly related to a range of factors including participant ability, previous residential history, and structural and procedural aspects of the residential supports currently provided.
U2 - 10.1016/S0891-4222(01)00085-3
DO - 10.1016/S0891-4222(01)00085-3
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 487
EP - 502
JO - Research in Developmental Disabilities
JF - Research in Developmental Disabilities
SN - 0891-4222
IS - 6
ER -