Services for Mentally Retarded Persons: The Viability of a Short-Term Residential Service Setting in Pennsylvania's System.

Isett, Robert; Spreat, Scott

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ERIC Number: EJ208831

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Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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Services for Mentally Retarded Persons: The Viability of a Short-Term Residential Service Setting in Pennsylvania's System.

Isett, Robert; Spreat, Scott

Evaluation and the Health Professions, v2 n2 p241-48 Jun 1979

The viability of a short-term residential facility for the mentally retarded was examined, using client discharge and developmental growth data. Discharge for the profoundly retarded was not achieved. Findings highlighted the restraints imposed on evaluating one component of a large service delivery system. (MH)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Daily Living Skills, Human Services, Institutional Evaluation, Mental Retardation, Program Evaluation, Residential Institutions, Severe Disabilities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Adaptive Behavior Scale

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