NATIONAL CORE INDICATORS

Downloadable electronic publications in the fields of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support, namely, surveys, assessments, training manuals, written journal articles, audio/visual slide presentations and reports

Printed publications in the fields of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support, namely, surveys, assessments, training manuals, written journal articles, paper transparencies featuring slide presentations and reports

Promoting public awareness in the fields of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support; public advocacy to promote awareness of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support; providing data collection and data analysis for business purposes in the fields of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support

education services, namely, providing training, educational mentoring services and education services in the form of classes, seminars and workshops in the fields of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support

Development of voluntary standards for measuring outcomes and evaluating the performance for agencies delivering publicly-funded developmental disabilities services to measure and track their own performance; development of voluntary policy standards in the field of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support; scientific research services in the field of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support; quality evaluation of the developmental disability support services of developmental disabilities agencies with respect to predetermined performance metrics for individual outcomes concerning health, welfare, and rights of the developmentally disabled, staff stability and competency and family outcomes; evaluation of the developmental disability support services of developmental disabilities agencies with respect to predetermined performance metrics for individual outcomes to assure compliance with industry standards; quality management services, namely, quality evaluation and analysis, quality assurance, and quality control, in the field of developmental disability support services of developmental disabilities agencies; development and implementing of quality control protocols and standards for scientific data collection; information dissemination, namely, providing scientific research information in the fields of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support; providing data collection and data analysis for scientific research purposes in the fields of developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities support