Download full textERIC Number: ED030227
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1966-Jun
Pages: 99
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The Texas Plan to Combat Mental Retardation.
Governor's Advisory Committee on Mental Retardation Planning, Austin, TX.; Governor's Interagency Committee on Mental Retardation Planning, Austin, TX.
The Texas state plan of action against mental retardation is presented. Aspects considered include the evolution of the plan, the role of the health services, medical aspects of retardation, education and training, vocational rehabilitation and employment, and social welfare. Also surveyed are the following: residential and day care, manpower, research for prevention and cure, Texas law concerning the retarded, local action and public awareness, organization and coordination of statewide and community efforts, and legislation and finance. (LE)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordination, Day Care, Etiology, Exceptional Child Services, Health Services, Incidence, Medical Services, Mental Retardation, Personnel Needs, Prevention, Program Development, Research Needs, Residential Programs, Social Welfare, Special Classes, State Legislation, State Programs, Vocational Rehabilitation
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Sponsor: Public Health Service (DHEW), Rockville, MD.
Authoring Institution: Governor's Advisory Committee on Mental Retardation Planning, Austin, TX.; Governor's Interagency Committee on Mental Retardation Planning, Austin, TX.
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