Assessing goal attainment for quality improvement.
Organizations that support persons with intellectual disabilities will likely experience increasing pressure to provide evidence of the benefits of services to participants in programs. In this article we propose a model for assessing goal attainment modified from scales used with other populations that both develops from the person-centered planning process and informs on program and organizational efficacy. Implications for assessing goal attainment and considerations for applying information to improve individual, program and organization quality are presented.
Lawlor
David
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Community Support Services, Mobius Inc., 319 Main Street, Damariscotta, Maine, USA. dlawlor@mobiusinc.org
York
Michaela
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