The SHEDD Tool (English)
The Successful Housing Elements and Developmental Disabilities (SHEDD) Housing Design Tool is a list of personal preferences with design suggestions about the physical space of a home. This tool is based on a research project that identified key design elements (e.g., materials, spatial arrangements) of supportive housing for adults labeled with developmental disabilities. Through this research, the SHEDD tool was developed as a prototype tool to guide built environment modifications. The first version of the tool was shared more widely during a webinar series. Feedback from webinar participants informed changes and updates to the current version of the tool. A French language version of this tool is now available.
Publications and Presentations
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Babikian, V. A., Casson, J., Mistry, B., Hamdani, Y. (2023, February 8-9). Successful housing elements and developmental disabilities (SHEDD): Promoting meaningful rituals of dwelling and community participation through housing design. Canadian Health and Wellbeing in Developmental Disabilities Conference. Canada (Virtual).
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Babikian, V. A., Casson, J., Formuli, F., Mistry, B., Hamdani, Y. (2022, April 14). Knowledge mobilization of successful housing elements of developmental disabilities. Ontario Association of Developmental Disabilities’ Research Special Interest Group Conference. Ontario, CA (Virtual).
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Jane Casson, Yani Hamdani, Kristin Dobranowski, Johanna Lake, Carly McMorris, Angela Gonzales, Yona Lunsky, Robert Balogh March 2019, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Dobranowski, K., Casson, J., Lake, J., McMorris, C., Hamdani, Y., Lunsky, Y., ... & Balogh, R. (2019, July). Housing design strategies and adaptations for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex behavioural needs: Key informant interviews. In Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (Vol. 63, No. 7, pp. 685-686).
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Casson, J., Dobranowski, K., Lake, J., McMorris, C., Hamdani, Y., Lunsky, Y., ... & Balogh, R. (2019, July). Housing design strategies and adaptations for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex behavioural needs: A scoping review. In Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (Vol. 63, No. 7, pp. 684-684).
