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The Developmental Disabilities Institute consistently produces various disability-related publications. These include (but are not limited to) research articles, Institute reports, training materials, program evaluations, informative videos and CDroms. Listed below are the topics under which DDI’s publications are arranged. Please click on the topic link to browse the publications in each area of interest. Some materials can be downloaded, in PDF format, directly from this site. To order a hardcopy of any DDI publication, please complete this order form and return via fax or email.  For article or material reprints, please contact Michael at mikebray@wayne.edu .  Please do not send payment until you have contacted us to confirm publication availability.  Accepted methods of payment include Purchase Orders and checks made out to "The Developmental Disabilities Institute".

 

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DDI Annual Reports

 

2007 DDI Annual Report  

2006 DDI Annual Report 

2005 DDI Annual Report

2004 DDI Annual Report

2003 DDI Annual Report

2002 DDI Annual Report: DDI Tackles Difficult Questions

2000 DDI Annual Report: Supporting Self-Determination

1999 DDI Annual Report: Women and Disabilities

1998 DDI Annual Report: Building Cultural Competence

1996 DDI Annual Report: Empowering People with Disabilities to Initiate Change

1995 DDI Annual Report 

Dual Diagnosis

NEW!!! Assessing Mental Health Concerns in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. (2008). Hobden, K. & LeRoy, B. FREE!!


Cultural Competence

Enhancing the Skills of Professionals: Respecting and Supporting Culturally Diverse Families who have Children with Disabilities. (2002). Martin, A. & Milberger, S.

EarlyOn Booklet: Part H of IDEA. (1990). Arabic Translation.

Direct Support Professionals Training

A Hand for Their Hands: A Report on the Empowerment Education training Initiative for Direct Support Professionals. (2004). Janks, E., LeRoy, B. & Lasker, R.

Health

A Three-Phase Study to Better Understand the Incidence of SIDS in Detroit and Wayne County Michigan. (2000). Milberger, S., LeRoy, B. & Harrison, S.
 

NEW!!! Health Promotion for People with Disabilities: Michigan Strategic Plan 2008-2011. (2009).  Michigan Department of Community Health. Free.


Community Inclusion

Person-Driven Services: Working in Partnership for Full Community Inclusion. Brochure. Wolf-Branigan, K.

Facilitating Inclusion Through Case Management, Vol. 1 (2). (1995).

**NEW Through the Same Door: Inclusion Includes College, (2006) 25 minute DVD. To Order, please visit: www.throughthesamedoor.com

Welfare Reform 

Welfare Reform and Families whose Children have Disabilities. Skillman Center for Children Occasional Paper. (1999). LeRoy, B., Harrison, S. & Johnson, D.

The Effects of Welfare Reform and Children’s Health Insurance on Families whose Children have Disabilities: Final Report. (2000). LeRoy, B.

Family Support

Introductory Resource Packet for Parents Who Have Recently Discovered Their Child May Have Special Needs. (2000). Janks, E., Martin, A. & Jennings, J.

Self-Determination

A Trainer’s Guide to Self-Advocacy Skills for Persons with Disabilities. (1989). Field, S. $10.00

Building Self-Determination Skills: A Guide for Group Facilitators. (1993). Daeschlein, M. $11.00

Community Support

Michigan Alliance of Direct Support Professionals 6th Annual Forum Conference Proceedings. (2006). Bray, M.

Michigan Alliance of Direct Support Professionals 4th Annual Forum Conference Proceedings. (2004). Bray, M.

Michigan Alliance of Direct Support Professionals Forum Conference Proceedings: Official Proceedings of Michigan’s First Direct Support Professional Forum. (2001). Compiled and edited by Karen and Michael Wolf- Branigin. $15.00

Transportation
 
Freedom to Ride: Measuring the Effectiveness of Michigan’s Transportation Voucher Program. (2009). Giertz, C.

Peer Mentoring

BRIDGES Peer Mentor Training Participant Workbook and PowerPoint Presentation CD. (2001). Maddalena, C., Schramm, L., St. Peter, S., Woodell, I. & Ways, M. Edited by Katherine Dukhan. $5.00 (Currently Unavailable)

Aging and Disability

**Living My Own Life: Adults with Disabilities. (2000). 24-minute DVD. $10.00 (Now on DVD!)

Inclusive Education

Facilitator Guides to Inclusive Education: Effective Educational Practices in Inclusive School Settings, A Planning Tool. (1994). Michigan Inclusive Education Project Staff. Full series includes booklets, handouts, transparencies and forms covering the following topics:

  • Systems Change that Supports all Students 
  • Components of Inclusive Education 
  • The Planning Process for Inclusive Education 
  • Instructional Accommodations in Inclusive Education 
  • Social Inclusion
  • Paraprofessional Roles in Inclusive Education 

Cost: $125.00 for full set, or $25.00 each.

Inclusive Education: Evaluation Model and Protocols. (1998). LeRoy, B.

Systems Change for Inclusive Education in Michigan: Final Report. (1994). LeRoy, B.

Parent Stories. (1995). LeRoy, B., editor. $10.00 

Inclusive Education, Centralized Special Education and Categorical In-District Special Education: A Comparative Analysis of Costs. (1996). LeRoy, B. & Simpson, C.

Technical Assistance Guide for Community College Administrators and Program Coordinators. (1996). Kent, C., Pfaendtner, J., Witten, D. 7 hainstock, T.

Who’s There? Special Education Placement Characteristics in Michigan School Districts. Data CDrom. (2001). Developmental Disabilities Institute.

Employment 

Exemplary Strategies for Ongoing Supports in Employment: Natural and Human Service Supports. (1991). Wolf-Branigin, K., St. Peter, S., Daeschlin, M. & Peterson, M.

A Model for Outcome-based Contracting for Supported Employment Services. (1992). Daeschlein, M. (Currently Unavailable)

Disability Rights

Proud Voices: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement in Michigan. (2001). Thomas, L.J. $11.00

Empowerment Education

The Paper & Pencil Manuals listed below are $15.00 each:

  • Supporting Growth Through Opportunity and Choices
  • Ten Successful and Assertive Steps for Working with Professionals
  • Person-Centered Planning: Valuing the Contributions of Direct Support Professionals
  • Supporting People in Establishing Friendships and Making Community Connections
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Teaching Made Easy
  • Stress Management: Its All About Awareness, Attitude and Action at Work
  • Self-Advocates and Direct Support Professionals Working in Partnership to Achieve Life's Dreams
  • Making the Transition ASAP: As Smooth As possible
  • Self-Determination: Our Right to Meaningful and Fullfilling Lives (Self-Determination 1)
  • Living a Self-Determined Life (Self-Determination 2)

**NEW!

The following Empowerment Education Training Modules are available on CDROM at a price of $50.00 per CD:

CDROM #1:

  • Person-Centered Planning/Self-Determination 1

CDROM #2:

  • Stress Management/Ten Successful and Assertive Steps for Working with Professionals

CDROM #3:

  • Direct Support Professional: Your Career Opportunity

Books

(Please click on item for ordering information)

LeRoy, B.W. (1984). Unemployed Youth: Counseling Issues. Ann Arbor: ERIC/CAPS, The University of Michigan.

Walsh, P.N. & LeRoy, B. (2004). Women with Disabilities Aging Well: A Global View. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishers.

Scholarly Articles and Book Chapters   (Reprints available by request)

Scholarly Articles (click on article link to view journal/article):

LeRoy, B. & Hobden, KL. (May/June 2008). Assessing mental health concerns in individuals with intellectual disabilities. NADD Bulletin, 11(3), 45-48.

LeRoy, B., Wolf-Branigin, M., Wolf-Branigin, K, Israel, N., & Kulik, N. (2007). Challenges to the systematic adoption of person centered planning. Best Practices in Mental Health, 3(1), 16­25.
 
LeRoy, B. (January/February 2005). School culture and inclusive education placement. TASH Connections. 31(1/2), 24-26.
LeRoy, B. et.al. (2004).Life experiences of older women. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 109(5), 429-441.
LeRoy, B. & Wolf-Branigin, M. (2004). Designing accessible managed care services for people with physical disabilities: Consumer suggestions within an emergent design process. Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation. 3(3), 3-16.
LeRoy, B. et.al. (2004). The perceptions of welfare reform by Michigan families whose children have disabilities and welfare caseworkers. The Social Policy Journal, 3(1), 23-37.
Milberger, S., Israel, N., LeRoy, B. et.al. (2003). Violence against women with physical disabilities. Violence and Victims, 18(5), 581-591.
LeRoy, B. & Kulik, N. (2003). Who's there? Students in inclusive education settings. TASH Connections, 29(10), 26-28.
LeRoy, B. et.al. (2002). Osteoporosis and Women with Down Syndrome. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 27(4), 273-280.
LeRoy, B. et.al. (Winter, 2002). Open road or blind alley? Welfare reform, mothers and children with disabilities. Journal of Family and Economics, 23(4), 323-338.
LeRoy. B. & Kulik, N. (January, 2002). Students of color and Inclusive Education. CollabNews (newsletter of the Urban Special Education Collaborative). Newton, MA.
LeRoy, B. & Kulik, N. (2002). The Demography of Inclusive Education in Michigan: State and Local District Findings. ERIC, #ED-468584.
 
 
 
LeRoy, B. & Wolf-Branigin, M. (2001). Measuring physical inclusion of people with developmental disabilities: Evaluation of the Macomb-Oakland Regional Center. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106(4), 368-375.
LeRoy, B. & Kulik, N. (Autumn, 2001). Human and economic costs of autism. Percorsi di Integrazione. X(27). 81-86.
LeRoy, B. (October-December, 1997). Achieving Equality through participation in inclusive education. Saudi Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation, 3(4), 264.
 
LeRoy, B. et.al. (1996). Redesigning social work in inclusive schools. Social Work, 41(6), 668-676.
 
LeRoy, B. & Simpson, C. (1996). Improving student outcomes through inclusive education. Support for Learning, Vol II (1), 32-36.
 
LeRoy, B. et al. (1996) Systems Change for Inclusive Education in Michigan: Final Report. Detroit: DDI/Wayne State University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 391 299).
 
LeRoy, B., et.al. (1994). Meeting functional curriculum needs in middle school general education classrooms. Teaching Exceptional Children, 26(2), 40-43.
 
LeRoy, B.W. & Hartley-Malivuk, T. (1991). Supported employment staff training model. Journal of Rehabilitation. 57(2), 51-54.
 
Facchini, P., & LeRoy, B.W. (1985). Work Interest Inventory for Special Education (WIISE) manual. Michigan Department of Education. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service Number ED 267 332.)

 

Published Book Chapters:

LeRoy, B. (2009 in press). Inclusive education in the United States of America. In V. Timmons & P. Noonan Walsh, Eds. A long walk to school: International perspective on inclusive education. Amsterdam: Sense Publications.

LeRoy, B. & Lacey, K. (2009 in press). The inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in Michigan. In P. Smith (Ed.). Whatever happened to inclusion? The place of students with intellectual disabilities in education. Peter Lang Disability Studies in Education Series.
 
LeRoy, B. & Kulik, N. (2007). The participation of students with disabilities, difficulties and disadvantages in standardized assessments: The case of PISA 2003. In OECD. Students with disabilities. learning difficulties and disadvantages: Policies. statistics and indicators. Paris: OECD.
 
LeRoy, B. (2003). Mothering Children with Disabilities in the Context of Welfare Reform. In Esdaile, S. & Olson, 1. (Eds.). Mothering Occupations. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Publishers.
 
LeRoy, B. (2002). Client-driven systems and informed choice: A reaction and proposed
extension of the concepts. In L.R. McConnell, (Ed.). Systems change: Emerging service delivery
models. 2002 Switzer Monograph, 23rd Edition. Alexandria, V A: National Rehabilitation
Association.
 
LeRoy, B. & Kulik, N. (2001). Who's There? Special Education Placement Characteristics in
Michigan School Districts. CD Rom. Detroit: DDI, Wayne State University.
 
LeRoy, B. et.al. (1999). Women's Health and Related Issues. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization: 10th International Roundtable on Aging and Intellectual Disabilities.
 
Peterson, M., LeRoy, B., Field, S. & Wood, P. (1991). Community referenced learning in inclusive schools: Effective curriculum for all students. In Stainback, S. & Stainback, W. (Eds.), Curriculum Considerations in Inclusive Classrooms. Baltimore: Paul Brookes.
 
Mabarak, H. & LeRoy, B.W. (1979). Vocational assessment of mentally retarded clients. In K Lynch (Ed.), Vocational services expansion project report. Ann Arbor: ISMRRD, The University of Michigan.

 

 

To order a hardcopy of any DDI publication, or to inquire about any resources that are listed or not listed here, please completethis order form and return via fax or email, or contact Michael Bray at mikebray@wayne.edu .  Accepted methods of payment include Purchase Orders and checks made out to "The Developmental Disabilities Institute".

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