 RPSD
Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD) (ISSN 0274-9483)
[Formerly known as JASH] is a quarterly journal published by TASH. It emphasizes articles that report original research, authoritative and comprehensive reviews, conceptual and practical position papers that offer new directions, and effective assessment and intervention methodologies and service delivery model program descriptions.
Few journals carry the reputation, respect, and esteem that RPSD has achieved. Since 1975, the TASH Journal has changed covers, colors, titles and editorial boards. But what has not changed is the profound commitment to research and practice that promotes and furthers the quality of life of individuals with severe disabilities and their families.
The Journal of TASH is unique because of our mission to maintain a commitment to both scholarship and a person-centered value base. As a scholarly journal, RPSD's additional mission is to provide credible and valid information of the highest caliber to the field. Each manuscript undergoes the rigor of peer review and is evaluated according to the standards of the particular methodology used, as well as its potential to make a significant contribution to field. Because RPSD does not have an allegiance to one particular research approach, it is open to and strongly encourages multiple ways of acquiring knowledge. It is a place where all approaches to learning new information are welcome. It is also a place where we should feel free to question traditionally held or cherished assumptions, and to respectfully challenge one another in an effort to discover the best practices.
Volume 32, Number 3, Fall 2007 Includes:
Featured Article
- Excessive Positivism in Person-Centered Planning by Steve Holburn and Christine D. Cea
Invited Commentaries
- Planning with Open Eyes and Open Hearts: An Alternative to Excessive Positivism by John O’Brien
- Sustaining the Dream: A Response to Excessive Positivism in Person-Centered Planning by Craig A. Michaels
- Rallying Relationships: The Role of Positive Visions and Possible Actions in Person-Centered Planning by Patti Scott
Articles
- Utilizing Natural Supports to Lower the Cost of Supported Employment by Robert Evert Cimera
- The Importance of Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Disability and Science in the Age of Genetics by Mathew J. Stowe, H. Rutherford Turnbull, Ray Pence, Jennifer Rack, Suzanne Schrandt, and Lesley Laub
Book Reviews
- End-of-Life Issues and Persons with Disabilities bye Timothy H. Lillie and James L. Werth, Jr., reviewed by Lindsay Beck
- Raymond’s Room: Ending Segregation of People with Disabilities, by Dale Dileo, reviewed by Keith Storey
Welcome to RPSD by Fredda Brown, RPSD Editor
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The purpose of Exchange is to provide a forum for thought-provoking discussion on topical issues related to the mission of the journal and the TASH organization.
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