Steven J. Taylor, Ph.D.
Subcontract and Project Director
Steve is Centennial Professor of Disability Studies and Director of the
Center on Human Policy. He has been the Principal Investigator of
numerous federal, state and foundation grants and contracts totaling
over $15M. His research interests include social policy, qualitative
research methods, sociology of disability, advocacy, and community
integration. He is the author of numerous published articles and books,
including Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods, The Social
Meaning of Mental Retardation, Life in the Community, Community
Integration for People with Severe Disabilities, and In Search of the
Promised Land: The Collected Papers of Burton Blatt. He is currently
Editor of the journal Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. He
was the recipient of the 1997 Research Award from the American
Association of Mental Retardation and the 2008 Senior Scholar Award from
the Society for Disability Studies.
Organization: Syracuse University; Center on Human Policy
E-mail: (staylo01@syr.edu)

• Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) – Trends and Workforce Outcomes
  This activity will study access people with ID/DD and their families have to consumer directed community supports (CDCS). It will... (More)
  
  
• Effective Interventions to Improve DSP Recruitment, Retention and Training Outcomes
  This series of studies will document effective strategies to reduce turnover and improve recruitment of DSPs who support people wi... (More)
  
  

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Supporting Adults to Live in the Community - A chapter by Steven J. Taylor, in Adults with Down Syndrome, S. M. Pueschel (Ed.). This chapter examines community living in the context of a critique of the principle of the least restrictive environment and the traditional residential services continuum. It describes characteristics of current, alternative approaches such as supported living and self-determination. (2006)

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The Institutions Are Dying, but Are Not Dead Yet - A chapter by Steven J.Taylor, in K. Johnson & R. Traustadottir (Eds.), Deinstitutionalization and people with intellectual disabilities: In and out of institutions (pp. 93-107). This chapter examines the history of the use of the continuum model of services and the principle of the least restrictive environment. It concludes with discussion of the consensus and controversy that still surrounds deinstitutionalization today. (2005)

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"Community For All" Tool Kit - A useful set of resources for promoting deinstitutionalization and institutional closure. The tool kit is a product of collaboration between the RTC and the Center on Human Policy at Syracuse University, the American Association on Mental Retardation, The Arc of the United States, The Council on Quality and Leadership, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities, and TASH. (2005)

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  Books and Monographs

• Taylor, S. J., & Bogdan, R. (1998). Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  

  Journal Articles

• Taylor, S. (2001). The continuum and current controversies in the USA. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 26(1), 15-33.
  
  
• Taylor, S. (2001, November/December). “You’re not a retard, you’re just wise.” Mouth Magazine, 12(4), 26-29.
  
  
• Taylor, S. J. (2000). You’re not a retard, you’re just wise”: Disability, social identity, and family networks. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 29(1), 58-92.
  
  

  Book Chapters

• Bogdan, R., & Taylor, S. J. (2001). Building stronger communities for all: Thoughts about community participation for people with developmental disabilities. In A. Tymchuk, K. Charlie Lakin, & R. Luckasson (Eds.), The forgotten generation: The status and challenges of adults with mild cognitive limitations (pp. 191-199). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
  
  
• Bogdan, R., & Taylor, S. J. (2001). The social construction of humanness: Relationships with people with severe retardation. In S. J. Taylor & R. Bogdan, Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Taylor, S. J. (1998). “They’re not like you and me”: Institutional attendants’ perspectives on residents. In S. J. Taylor & R. Bogdan, Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Taylor, S. J. (1998). “Children’s division is coming to take pictures”: Life in a family with mental retardation and disabilities. In S. J. Taylor & R. Bogdan, Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  
• Traustadottir, R. (1998). women, invisible work: Women’s caring work in developmental disability services. In S. J. Taylor & R. Bogdan, to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  
  

  Technical Reports

• Shoultz, B., Walker, P., Huglin, K., Bogdan, R., Taylor, S., & Moseley, C. (1999). Closing Brandon Training School: A Vermont story. Syracuse, NY: Center on Human Policy.