Communication Mentors: An Evaluation of a Non-Traditional Training Approach to Address Communication Needs

James W Conroy and Cory Czuczman
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Cory Czuczman: Center for Outcome Analysis, USA

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 2017, vol. 1, issue 5, 89-95

Abstract: An evaluation of the impacts of 10 years of the Communication Mentors program of Pennsylvania was conducted. The Mentors program was designed to address the extreme imbalance between “demand and supply†of assistance with communication for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Whereas the only accredited and authorized source of such supports has been restricted to one profession, Speech-Hearing-Language, the number of those practitioners is known to be far too small to address the magnitude of the need. A rigorous 9 month training program for non-degreed professionals, paraprofessionals, and advocates was created and conducted each year for 10 years to attempt to address the unmet need. Data were collected from a follow-up survey of all 10 years of graduates of the program.

Keywords: Journal of Intellectual; Intellectual & Developmental; Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities; Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities; journal of intellectual disability research; journal of intellectual disabilities; journal of intellectual disability research impact factor; journal of intellectual property studies; open access publishers in usa; juniper publishers review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/GJIDD.2017.01.555574

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