Community Mobility Planning Process (CMPP)

STUDY TITLE: Community Mobility Plans: Improving Community Participation through Travel Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 

This is a study to develop and refine a Community Mobility Intervention for adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities that will help them plan community outings from start to finish to increase independence and participation in their favorite activity.

SPRING 2024 – FOCUS GROUPS :

8 Focus Groups that represented key community members from rural, urban and suburban neighborhoods were conducted. Questions asked were about how skills are assessed, goals are determined and what is most important to think about when preparing young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to create and execute a community mobility plan. Our team is busy coding the data in preparation for an article, as well as taking what we learned and beginning to create our training materials for the manual.

Our team has looked at all the data from the focus groups and we are planning to use it to answer 3 research questions.

  1. What skills are identified as priorities by YA (young adults) with ID, their family members, and professionals?
  2. What factors impact decisions about transportation planning and training for YA with ID, their family members, and professionals?
  3. What are psychological/psychosocial outcomes of increased independence in community mobility? OR How would YA with ID feel if they had increased independence in community mobility? 

Article in Review:
Kramer, J. M., Guerrero Calle, F. Y., Davidson, A., Slugg, L., & Pfeiffer, B. (in review March 2026). Individual, familial and community factors influencing community mobility for youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

FALL 2024 thru FALL 2025 CREATED FIRST DRAFT OF CMPP (Community Mobility Planning Process):

Community Mobility Planning Process ManualDownload

FALL 2025/SPRING 2026 FIELD TESTING OF THE CMPP

Our team is currently using the CMPP with professionals, parents and YA. We are learning a lot about the feasibility and usability of the process. We look forward to sharing more over the next year.