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Peer reviewedKelly, N. Karen; Menolascino, Frank J. – Mental Retardation, 1975
Questionnaires completed by 32 pediatricians and general practitioners from a large midwestern city indicated that a large number of them were unfamiliar with local services for the retarded, and 80 percent recommended institutionalization for some of their severely and profoundly retarded patients, while 54 percent made such recommendations for…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Resources, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedDowney, Nancy A.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1985
Data about the availability, accessibility, and organization of Information and Referral services from 133 public and private service providers for people with developmental disabilities showed that Information and Referral was a widely available service although there were problems in service provisions incuding lack of awareness about services…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Information Services
Peer reviewedDalgleish, Mary – Mental Retardation, 1983
As part of an evaluation of services for mentally retarded adults in Britain, comparisons were made between preproject and project residential units. People with more severe handicaps lived in units with less homelike environments, more institution-oriented management practices, and less community involvement than facilities occupied by less…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Resources, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedGardner, James F. – Mental Retardation, 1986
Analysis of states' use of home and community-based service waivers to finance community services for mentally retarded persons revealed that the waivers are difficult to develop and states are experiencing difficulties in serving the targeted number of people. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Resources, Financial Support, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedJustice, Robert S.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1971
Caretakers of 195 retarded children were interviewed to determine problems in caring for the retardate and the extent to which community resources were utilized to supplement their care. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Child Care, Community Resources, Exceptional Child Research, Foster Family
Peer reviewedKenowitz, Leonard A.; Edgar, Eugene – Mental Retardation, 1977
The Intra-Community Action Network (ICAN) is a successful approach to mobilizing community resources that assist the handicapped and their families. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Resources, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedScheerenberger, R. C. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Explored are the roles and functions of the community and the residential agency in deinstitutionalization of the retarded. (CL)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Role, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Peer reviewedGardner, James M. – Mental Retardation, 1977
Described is a system for providing comprehensive community residential living for the developmentally disabled. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Resources, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedDavidson, Philip W.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1984
A model program in Western New York State for infants and preschoolers with or at risk for handicap ties together the health care and educational-habilitative systems to facilitate a continuity of comprehensive service provision from birth through school age, increases the community effort regarding identification, and links indentification with…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
