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FDP Research and Outcomes

The FDP has over ten years of program implementation, data collection, and research behind it.

Key Findings

Decreased incidents of interpersonal violence: the average number of incidents of interpersonal violence significantly decreased over the program from:
  • 2.53 at baseline, 
  • 0.94 at the end of the program, and 
  • 0.12 ten weeks after the program ended.​
Increase in size of social network: participants’ social network size significantly increased from an average of:
  • 4.14 people at baseline,
  • 7.06 people at the end if the program, and
  • ten weeks later, social network size remained elevated at 6.48 people.

Peer-reviewed articles about the program’s effectiveness

  • Ward, K.M., Atkinson, J.P., Smith, C.A., & Windsor, R. (2013). A friendships & dating program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A formative evaluation. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 51(1), 22-32.
  • Ward, K. M., Windsor, R., & Atkinson, J. P. (2012). A process evaluation of the Friendships and Dating Program for adults with developmental disabilities: Measuring the fidelity of program delivery. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(1), 69-75.
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