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This chapter describes the evidence-based, organizational model and system used at Community Living Opportunities, Inc. (CLO) which has been collaboratively developed in partnership between CLO and the Department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas across the last 30 years. This partnership has contributed to the development of unique models and supports which work together to improve 11 important community outcomes. This chapter provides a description of its outcomes, where they came from and how they are measured, as well as in-depth explanations of CLO’s service models and organizational systems that are used to help achieve these outcomes. Additionally HomeLink Support Technologies are described, which are technologies developed by CLO to remotely supervise, coach, collect data, and support its homes and programs. This technology is used to remotely connect professionals and deployed staff to support clients living in their home, and is also used to collect data for use in developing interventions or ensuring treatment integrity when caregivers are working in homes without on-site supervision. The goal of these models, organizational systems, and technology is to affordably provide best-practice care, teaching, and support for clients living in highly decentralized, small homes across urban and rural settings.
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Strouse, M.C., Sherman, J.A., Sheldon, J.B. (2013). Do Good, Take Data, Get a Life, and Make a Meaningful Difference in Providing Residential Services!. In: Reed, D., DiGennaro Reed, F., Luiselli, J. (eds) Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6531-7_25
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