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Download full textCone, Alicia A. – 1997
This report describes the self-reported training needs of advisors to self-advocacy groups for people with mental retardation in the United States. The results of a telephone survey of 90 advisors indicate that because of time, financial, and interest issues, training opportunities for advisors need to be time sensitive, inexpensive, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Helping Relationship, Mental Retardation
Self-Advocacy Group Advisor Activities and Their Impact/Relation to Self-Advocacy Group Development.
Peer reviewedCone, Alicia A. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2000
A telephone survey of 90 advisors to self-advocacy groups identified a wide array of advisor activities and gained information on how advisors see their activities changing as groups develop. Results are interpreted in terms of theories of group development. Results suggest that, instead of rigid stages of group development, a more flexible model…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Disabilities, Group Dynamics, Group Guidance
