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Characterization and assessment of professional training needs of staff in day care centers and nursing units of adults aged 21 and older

This study was carried out by Michlol- the Evaluation and Measurement Unit of the Shalem Fund In the past years, the important need for quality professional caregivers, that accompany, assist and empower people with Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) has increased The Division of Services for Persons with Development Disabilities in the community and the research

Family Members Experiences and Meanings of Livining and Ageing within a Family with Adult Child with Intellectual Disability , Tova Band Winterstein, Ph.D. , Tal Araten Bergman, Ph. D., Hila Avieli, Ph. D. Department of Gerontology and school of Social Work , Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences, The Haifa University, 2017

 This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund Increased life expectancy in the general population, coupled with medical and ideological changes, has led to longer and fuller lives for people with intellectual disability (ID) in mainstream society.  Nowadays, more individuals with ID live and age within their family   The scholarly literature has

Arabs with intellectual development disabilities in the jobs market: Attitudes and the blocks they engender , Dr. Khaled Abu-Asbeh, Al-Quasemi Academic College, Center for Research of Educational and Social Research Baka-al-Gharbia, 2016

 This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund Research participants were sampled in a stratified sample from 14 villages and towns, representing women and men from Arab society in Israel, relative to the geographical distribution of the Arab population in the northern, central and southern regions of Israel and relative to the size

A Professional Meeting on Quality Management (ISO 9001) In adult nursing day care centers and Employment Centers for People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Community

 In the beginning of May this year, the College of Management held a professional meeting intended to present the quality management system (ISO 9001) in adult nursing day care centers and employment centers for people with intellectual disabilities in the community   The quality management system was developed over several years by the Shalem Fund

The Shalem Fund Photographed Media Database

The technology-rich information era has brought many opportunities in the field of education. In the last decade, there is increased use of videos as a tool for changing attitudes, learning, training and distributing knowledge. The uniqueness of filmed media is that it is an attractive tool and a means for focusing content and enabling training

I Am a Person – North Dakota Filmed Testimony about the Experience of Going Out to the Community of People with developmental intellectual disabilities in the USA

 In 1982, Judge Bruce Van-Sikla legislated a series of laws which changed the way in which North Dakota treats and takes care of its citizens with intellectual disabilities. Thousands of children and adults left the crowded dormitories and began integrating in communities all over the country. Thirty years later, the public broadcast authority Prairie Public

Integrating Duathlon” in Ashkelon"

 The Ashkelon municipality chose to state the 2016 day of the disabled in a unique sports event – an “integrating duathlon”, which emphasizes the possibility and the right for social integration in all aspects of life, including physical activity. The duathlon included running and the option for riding a variety of bicycles adapted to the