The assessed crisis service needs of clients in community-based programs serving persons with developmental disabilities

✍ Scribed by Gerald B. Nord; Norman A. Wieseler; Ronald H. Hanson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 136 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-0847
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-078x(199808)13:3<169::aid-bin14>3.0.co;2-t

✦ Synopsis

Crisis services for persons with developmental disabilities who display challenging behaviors is rapidly emerging as a critical need for individuals placed in the community. Many states continue to close their large state facilities for persons with developmental disabilities. Challenging behaviors impedes successful living in the community. A questionnaire providing information on the types of challenging behavior, the availability and perceived need for on-site and o-site crisisrespite support services, and the optimal method of accessing community-based crisis services, was sent to Minnesota residential facilities in the metropolitan and rural areas. The results revealed commonalities between these respondents as well as the dierences. As the national trend of deinstitutionalization continues, the information derived from this study will be useful for the development of crisis services in other states.