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ERIC Number: EJ163754
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Residential Care for the Mentally Handicapped
Segal, Stanley S.
Educational Research, 19, 3, 199-216, Jun 77
There are different kinds and degrees of mental handicap. Certain general principles have evolved on which current thinking about the mentally handicapped child in residential care is based. One of the three interacting sets of factors considered here is the relevance of changes in public and professional attitudes to mental handicap. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Individual Needs, Professional Personnel, Residential Care, Severe Mental Retardation, Social Attitudes
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