The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), in partnership with the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) and the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE), will address NIDILRRs community living and participation outcome domain through the design and testing of a Community Life Engagement (CLE) Guidepost Fidelity Scale (GFS). We define CLE as a key outcome of day services and supports whereby individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) access and participate in the community as part of a meaningful day. The goal of the proposed project is to develop a GFS that assesses service providers adherence to the Four Guideposts for CLE, a research-based model for day services and supports that lead to CLE. The overall approach is to move existing research from the exploration and discovery stage to the intervention development stage by using state-of-the art methods to create a valid and reliable GFS, with the following objectives: 1) advance our existing self-assessment tool into a complete, scorable GFS, 2) assess content validity of the GFS via a Delphi panel process, and 3) further test validity and reliability with a sample of 300 service provider personnel. The anticipated outcome is to increase service provider capacity to deliver day services and supports that lead to CLE for people with IDD. Products will include the GFS itself, one manuscript submitted to a peer reviewed journal, conference presentations, webinars, brief products for varied audiences, and an online CLE training module for direct support professionals. Duration: Development, testing, and dissemination of the GFS will occur throughout the three years of the project.
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