Utjecaj u zajednici utemeljene rehabilitacije na kompetentnost deinstitucionaliziranih osoba s intelektualnim teškoćama
The influence of community-based rehabilitation on the competencies of deinstitutionalized people with intellectual disabilities

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the findings of the first study in Croatia on the effects of community-based rehabilitation on the competencies of deinstitutionalized people with intellectual disabilities. The Scale for the Assessment of Competence and Support Needs of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, an instrument developed in the framework of the scientific research project “The Evaluation of Community-Based Professional Support Services” of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb was used to assess levels of competence in three intervals. The sample included 45 deinstitutionalized people with intellectual disabilities of both genders receiving community-based supported housing services developed by the Association for Promoting Inclusion, a Zagreb based NGO. The significance of the qualitative and quantitative changes in personal competencies were examined, the intensity of changes and relationships between the variables in the field of competencies and among individual variables were examined in two intervals. The first main component as well as the change indicators for personal competence were calculated for the initial, median and final measurements.

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