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Overview

Tamar Heller is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within social sciences and medicine, concentrating particularly on topics related to intellectual and developmental disabilities, family support, and aging.

Their main fields of study include Social Sciences and Medicine, with specific subfields of focus comprising Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, Speech and Hearing, and Literature and Literary Theory.

The core topics in Tamar Heller's research work are:

  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Healthcare innovation and challenges
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Literature: history, themes, analysis

Tamar Heller's recent papers illustrate the focus on intellectual disabilities and aging, capturing diverse aspects from family needs to healthcare challenges. Notable recent publications include:

  • "You Had This Clean Window, But It was Glued Shut": Identifying the Needs of Parents and Providers of Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Rural Areas Through a Life Course Perspective, 2022, Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
  • "It's not the same without you:" Exploring the experience and perception of transition for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia, 2021, British Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • Life Story Research with People Aging with Intellectual Disabilities: An Adaptation of the Lifeline Interview Method, 2024, Social Sciences
  • Training Professionals to Facilitate Future Planning for Aging Caregivers: Exploratory Results From a Multistate Intervention, 2020, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Mental Health of Older Adults With Intellectual Disability, 2022, Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Frequent co-authors in Tamar Heller's body of work include:

  • Lieke van Heumen
  • Caitlin Crabb
  • Kaitlin Stober
  • Randall Owen
  • Patrick Schmich

The scholar has published regularly in several venues, most prominently in:

  • The Gerontologist
  • Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
  • Social Sciences

The research output reflects a multidisciplinary approach connecting clinical psychology and public health perspectives with sociological and policy-oriented frameworks related to family and disability support.

Best Publications

  • Relapse and impairment in bipolar disorder.

    Michael J. Gitlin;Joel Swendsen;Tracy L. Heller;Constance Hammen

  • Obesity and associated factors in adults with intellectual disability

    K. Hsieh;J. H. Rimmer;T. Heller

  • Major Health Risks in Aging Persons With Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview of Recent Studies

    Meindert Haveman;Tamar Heller;Lynette Lee;Marian Maaskant

  • Improvements in physical fitness in adults with Down syndrome.

    James H. Rimmer;Tamar Heller;Edward Wang;Irene Valerio

  • Attitudinal and Psychosocial Outcomes of a Fitness and Health Education Program on Adults With Down Syndrome

    Tamar Heller;Kelly Hsieh;James H. Rimmer

  • Involvement of adult siblings of persons with developmental disabilities in future planning.

    Tamar Heller;John Kramer

  • Personal Self-Determination and Moderating Variables that Impact Efforts to Promote Self-Determination

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Brian H. Abery;Dalun Zhang;Karen Ward

  • Siblings of Adults With Developmental Disabilities: Psychosocial Outcomes, Relationships, and Future Planning

    Tamar Heller;Catherine Keiling Arnold

  • Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult

    Patricia Noonan-Walsh;Patricia Walsh;Tamar Heller;Wyman Lai

  • Supporting Aging Caregivers and Adults With Developmental Disabilities in Future Planning

    Tamar Heller;Joe Caldwell

  • Physical activity and nutrition health promotion interventions: what is working for people with intellectual disabilities?

    Tamar Heller;Jeffrey A. McCubbin;Charles Drum;Jana Peterson

  • Differences in Service Needs, Time Demands, and Caregiving Burden among Parents of Persons with Mental Retardation across the Life Cycle

    Meindert Haveman;Gonda van Berkum;Rene Reijnders;Tamar Heller

  • Reducing Health Disparity in People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Report from Health Issues Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities1

    M. Scheepers;Michael Patrick Kerr;D. O'Hara;D. Bainbridge

  • Work stress and depression among direct support professionals: the role of work support and locus of control

    J. A. Gray-Stanley;Naoko Muramatsu;Tamar Heller;Susan L. Hughes

  • Maternal and Paternal Caregiving of Persons with Mental Retardation across the Lifespan

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  • Support needs of siblings of people with developmental disabilities

    Catherine K. Arnold;Tamar Heller;John Kramer

  • Barriers and Supports for Exercise Participation Among Adults with Down Syndrome

    Tamar Heller;Kuei-Fang Hsieh;James Rimmer

  • Determinants of exercise in adults with cerebral palsy.

    Tamar Heller;Gui Shuang Ying;James H. Rimmer;Beth A. Marks

  • Aging family caregivers: support resources and changes in burden and placement desire.

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  • Risk factors for injuries and falls among adults with developmental disabilities

    Kueifang Hsieh;T. Heller;Alison B. Miller

  • Impact of a Consumer-Directed Family Support Program on Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Their Family Caregivers

    Tamar Heller;Alison B. Miller;Kuei-Fang Hsieh

  • Later-Life Planning: Promoting Knowledge of Options and Choice-Making

    Tamar Heller;Alison B. Miller;Kuei-Fang Hsieh;Harvey Sterns

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Wehmeyer
Michael L. Wehmeyer University of Kansas
Hill M. Walker
Hill M. Walker University of Oregon
Susan B. Palmer
Susan B. Palmer University of Kansas
Daniel Romer
Daniel Romer University of Pennsylvania
Sally-Ann Cooper
Sally-Ann Cooper University of Glasgow
Arthur M. Nezu
Arthur M. Nezu Drexel University
Philip McCallion
Philip McCallion Temple University
Anthony J. Holland
Anthony J. Holland University of Cambridge
Dalun Zhang
Dalun Zhang Texas A&M University
Anna J. Esbensen
Anna J. Esbensen Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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