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Litzinger, M. J.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
This examination of the successful community placement of 15 medically fragile individuals with profound mental retardation and complex epilepsy found that simplification of anticonvulsants, early intervention for seizures, and improved staff education resulted in fewer seizures, decreases in emergency room visits for status seizures and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Epilepsy, Group Homes, Multiple Disabilities
