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Peer reviewedWalizer, Elaine H. – Child Welfare, 1980
Discusses postresidential school placement and its importance to the aftercare adjustment of adolescents. Focuses especially on types of support needed for the educational success of the former client. (CM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment, Placement
Peer reviewedMitchell, Dale; Braddock, David – Mental Retardation, 1990
The article relates the nursing home component of a nationwide study of public mental retardation/developmental disabilities spending to requirements of Public Law 100-203. Approximately 51,000 individuals with developmental disabilities resided in nursing homes in 1989 of which 40 percent may need to be relocated under P.L. 100-203. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Long Term Care, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedGazan, Harold S.; Flynn, John P. – Child Welfare, 1986
Explores licensing of out-of-home care as nonservice protective approach to child welfare distinguished from placement protective services. Discusses individual and role conflicts in relation to common goals of community protection of vulnerable children. Reviews administrative and organizational issues in light of assuring consistent and uniform…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adoption, Certification, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedTari, Andor J.; Fenn, LeeAnn – Mental Retardation and Learning Disability Bulletin, 1988
The article briefly reviews the history of deinstitutionalization and supports the development and use of a comprehensive evaluation process to evaluate the human and environmental factors that affect the potential for successful placement of handicapped persons in community-based residential facilities. (JW)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Evaluation Methods
