TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of a safety awareness group program for adults with intellectual disability
AU - Safety Project Consortium
AU - Hughes, Rosemary B.
AU - Robinson-Whelen, Susan
AU - Davis, Leigh Ann
AU - Meadours, James
AU - Kincaid, Olivia
AU - Howard, Lisa
AU - Millin, Mary
AU - Schwartz, Michelle
AU - McDonald, Katherine E.
AU - Hughes, Rosemary B.
AU - Robinson-Whelen, Susan
AU - Goe, Rebecca
AU - Billehus, Jason
AU - Heist, Andrea
AU - Howard, Lisa
AU - Hunt, Tina
AU - Kincaid, Olivia
AU - Valentine, Kelly
AU - Arnold, Katie
AU - Bailey, Eleanor
AU - Bailey, Michael
AU - Cesal, Lisa
AU - Davis, Leigh Ann
AU - Meadours, James
AU - McDonald, Katherine E.
AU - Millin, Mary
AU - O’Hare, Terri
AU - Schwartz, Michelle
AU - Swank, Paul
AU - Carnell, Tequilla
AU - Garner, Kimmie
AU - Kunkleman, Katie
AU - Martel, Trinity
AU - Murphy, Kaycie
AU - Simpson, Cady
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Association on Mental Retardation. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Using a participatory research approach, we enlisted 12 U.S. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) to recruit and enroll 170 adults with intellectual disability (ID) to be randomized to either The Safety Class, an abuse prevention group program, or usual care. Participants were asked to complete pre, post, and 3-month follow-up questionnaires. CIL staff members facilitated the eight-session, interactive program. Quantitative and qualitative findings suggest that participation in a brief safety program may improve safety protective factors among men and women with ID. The Safety Class serves as one model for delivering an abuse prevention and education intervention to adults with significant safety needs but extremely limited access to relevant community resources.
AB - Using a participatory research approach, we enlisted 12 U.S. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) to recruit and enroll 170 adults with intellectual disability (ID) to be randomized to either The Safety Class, an abuse prevention group program, or usual care. Participants were asked to complete pre, post, and 3-month follow-up questionnaires. CIL staff members facilitated the eight-session, interactive program. Quantitative and qualitative findings suggest that participation in a brief safety program may improve safety protective factors among men and women with ID. The Safety Class serves as one model for delivering an abuse prevention and education intervention to adults with significant safety needs but extremely limited access to relevant community resources.
KW - Abuse
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Intervention
KW - Safety
KW - Violence
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U2 - 10.1352/1944-7558-125.4.304
DO - 10.1352/1944-7558-125.4.304
M3 - Article
C2 - 32609805
AN - SCOPUS:85087473875
SN - 1944-7515
VL - 125
SP - 304
EP - 317
JO - American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
JF - American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
IS - 4
ER -