Researching Less Restrictive Alternatives to Maine's Regulations Governing Behavior Supports for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Authors

Holly Hegarty, University of Maine

Files

Faculty Mentor

Alan Kurtz, Ph.D.

Program

New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Trainee Program (NH-ME LEND)

Description

This project was done in partnership with the NH-ME LEND Leadership Project and Disability Rights Maine. For this project I researched Maine’s regulations governing behavioral support, modification and management for adults with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder, and I researched regulations from other states. The purpose of my project was to compare regulations from other states with Maine’s regulations, with the goal to find a model state that Maine could potentially adopt parts of their regulations to make Maine’s regulations more progressive and less restrictive. This project was completed in collaboration between student, mentor and leadership supervisor which determined the states to be researched, and how to organize the regulations (i.e., behavior support plans, the author of such plans, and use of restraints). My poster will include a description of the project activities, my results, and conclusion. I concluded Maine has progressive, and minimally restricted regulations compared to other states, with a few states, such as Georgia, having some regulations that could be valuable for Maine to adopt.

Publication Date

4-2018

Document Type

Poster

Publisher

University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

City

Orono

Conference Name

2018 University of Maine Student Symposium, Research and Creative Activity

Conference Location

Bangor, Maine

Keywords

autism, behavior supports

Disciplines

Disability Law

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Recommended Citation

Hegarty, H. (2018, April). Researching less restrictive alternatives to Maine's regulations governing behavior supports for adults with developmental disabilities. Poster presented at the 2018 University of Maine Student Symposium: Research and Creative Activity. Bangor, ME.