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Family Decision Making: Benefits to persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Family Members

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TN-Center on Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

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2008

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Abstract Family involvement in planning and choosing services has become a key intervention concept in developmental disability services. This study (N 547) modeled patterns of family decision making and assessed benefits to persons with developmental disabilities (DDs) and their family members. A latent profile analysis identified 4 classes that were highly involved in decision making (n 118), involved only in planning (n 166), involved only in financial decisions (n 75), and uninvolved (n 188). Multiple regression analysis indicated that consumers with DD whose family members were highly involved received more services than consumers in other families. A multivariate analysis of covariance indicated that the family members in the highly involved and planning classes experienced more family member satisfaction than others. Findings have implications for practice.

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Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

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Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

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