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Download full textRayment, Susan – 1998
The Sexual Abuse Counselling Service is a unit within the Department of Families, Youth, and Community Care in Queensland, Australia, that operates a counseling program for adolescent sexual offenders. Clients are expected to participate in individual and group counseling sessions, and family counseling sessions where appropriate. The group…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDosen, Anton – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Services for people with mental retardation in the Netherlands are examined, with emphasis on normalization, placement options including group homes and institutionalization, guidance for families through the Social Pedological Service, and the care of mental illness in mentally retarded persons through special diagnostic and treatment centers.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances, Family Programs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedvan Walleghem, M. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Described are educational services, residential programs, and financial support for individuals with mental retardation in Belgium. The services are available from several government agencies and cover the entire life cycle of the individual. The situation of the mentally handicapped person with psychiatric problems is also briefly reviewed. (JDD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Financial Support
Roberts, Bridget; Horwood, Shane; Aunger, Nic; Wong, Michele – 1998
Out Doors Inc. is a community-managed mental health organization in Victoria (Australia) that provides psychosocial rehabilitation to adults with mental health needs through outdoor adventure and other recreation experiences. This paper focuses on Out Door Inc.'s Going Places Program. The program, which ranges from 1 day to 4 months, is based on…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Community Health Services, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedMelin, Lennar – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
This paper focuses on recent legislation providing special services and provisions for mentally retarded persons in Sweden. The paper describes the legislation's goal in normalizing their lives, the types of residential placements available, their educational and vocational activities, and their mental health problems. (JDD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Federal Legislation
Vail, David J. – 1968
The guidebook is introduced by general observations on the Scandinavian countries concerning history, social policy, medicine, mental health, and psychiatric diagnosis. Discussed individually for Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are the following areas: mental health programs and statistics; mental illness programs, regional, hospital, aftercare,…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Correctional Institutions, Drug Addiction, Emotional Disturbances
