Assessing risk and/or support requirements is integral to the process of determining which services consumers with developmental disabilities should access and the urgency of need.  The objectives of the study were:

• To learn about the current intake practices and the recommendations offered in the recent literature and in the six PDD Regional Boards with regards to at-risk and support intensities;
•  To facilitate a better understanding of the intake process and where it fits into the larger field of at-risk and support assessment; and
•  To identify best practices of the intake process in using at-risk and support requirements as a means for assessing access to supports across the six PDD Regional Boards.

• Tymchyshyn, D., Sharara, N., & Sordi, A. (May, 2007). Risk as a debated concept in assessing access to supports in Alberta, Canada. AAIDD, Atlanta, GA.
• Tymchyshyn, D., Sharara, N., & Sordi, A. (May, 2007). Using the concept of at-risk in assessing access to supports in Alberta, Canada. AAIDD, May 2007, Atlanta, GA.
• Sordi, A., & Tymchyshyn, D. (December, 2006). Assessing access to supports. Prepared for the Ministry of Seniors and Community Supports - Persons with Developmental Disabilities Program.

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