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Direct linkNouko, Susanna; Sund, Reijo – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2004
We examined the use of residential services for people with intellectual disabilities in Finland from a regional perspective. Our aims were to investigate how service supply and need, as well as municipal factors, impact the use of residential services and to analyze whether the available information in registers and databases can be effectively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Care, Mental Retardation, Health Services
Download full textHuovinen, Matti – 1996
This report discusses a study of the characteristics and needs of children with mental retardation in the Segezha district in the Republic of Carelia in Russia. A training program for professionals and parents of children with mental retardation is also described. As a background for the study, statistical information regarding the populations'…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries
