Setting Free the Captives: The Power of Community Integration in Liberating Institutionalized Adults from the Bonds of Their Past.

Baker, Milton J.; Salon, Rebecca S.

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ERIC Number: EJ345434

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Publication Date: 1986

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Setting Free the Captives: The Power of Community Integration in Liberating Institutionalized Adults from the Bonds of Their Past.

Baker, Milton J.; Salon, Rebecca S.

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), v11 n3 p176-81 Fall 1986

The article describes the community integration experiences and behaviors of nine long-term institutionalized adults who participated in a one-week summer vacation away from the institution. Among staff observations and conclusions was that behavior in an institutional setting cannot be used to predict behavior in a community environment. (Author/JW)

Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Community, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Institutionalized Persons, Multiple Disabilities, Normalization (Handicapped), Severe Mental Retardation, Social Adjustment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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