Going beyond Environment to Context: Leveraging the Power of Context to Produce Change

Robert L. Schalock, Ruth Luckasson and Karrie A. Shogren
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Robert L. Schalock: Hastings College, Hastings, NE 68901, USA
Ruth Luckasson: Department of Special Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
Karrie A. Shogren: Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 69703, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: This article discusses the processes and implications of going beyond environment to context. The article (a) provides an operational definition of context; (b) describes a multidimensional model of context that views context as being multilevel, multifactorial, and interactive; (c) describes how conceptual models of quality of life, human rights, and human functioning can be used in conjunction with the multidimensional model of context to identify opportunities and develop context-based change strategies that improve quality of life, human rights, and human functioning outcomes; and (d) describes a four-step approach to leveraging an understanding of context to produce change. The article concludes with a discussion of the advantages of and barriers to moving beyond environment to context.

Keywords: context; change strategies; conceptual models; human functioning; human rights; person–environment fit; quality of life; valued outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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