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Efaw, Jennifer – Goldenseal, 1998
In 1929, the state-operated West Virginia Training School was established "for the treatment and training of mentally defective boys and girls." Renamed the Colin Anderson Center in 1965 after a compassionate superintendent, the rural school served up to 541 resident children, operated a half-way house for departing residents, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Children, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
