National Goals 2015 is a unique event and opportunity to summarize the current state of knowledge and identify a platform of national goals in research, practice, and policy in intellectual and developmental disabilities. Within the context of civil rights, notably advanced through the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and other landmark legislation, the resultant goals will reflect the commitment the US has already made to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through federal laws and regulations, court decisions, and national policy initiatives and illuminate our nation’s expectations for the outcomes of relevant public policies and programs.National Goals 2015 is an invitation only, working meeting jointly organized by the RTC on Community Living/Institute on Community Integration (MN UCEDD), The Arc of the US, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), the RTC on Developmental Disabilities and Health/Institute on Disability and Human Development (IL UCEDD), and the RTC on Employment at the University of Massachusetts Boston, with the support of NIDDR and AAIDD. NCCJD's Program Manager was invited to participate and played a key role in facilitating the on-site meeting and is a co-author of an AAIDD published journal article that resulted from this meeting.
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By the end of the conference strand participants addressed the following questions and drawn recommendations for the future of IDD research, policy and practice as it pertains to criminal justice issues:
What are the established research findings (as evidenced in the literature) related to this topical area? What do we know?
What are the big debates or points of contention in the existing literature/research?
What issues exist with regard to operationalization of constructs and instrumentation; methodological issues and other related research challenges in this topical area?
What are the unanswered questions of importance (what we do not know)?
What are the next research questions that need to be answered?
What are the critical implications for policy and practice?
Findings were published in AAIDD journals, see:
http://aaidd.org/docs/default-source/National-Goals/justice-and-people-…
and
http://aaidd.org/news-policy/policy/national-goals-2015#.VqtNiPkrIdX
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