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ERIC Number: EJ341373
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Follow-Up of Adults with Mental Retardation Transferred from Large Institutions to New Small Units.
Hemming, Heather
Mental Retardation, v24 n4 p229-35 Aug 1986
When 32 mentally retarded adults who had been transferred from large institutions to new small units were tested 5.5 years after the transfer, tests indicated that they had retained or regained adaptive behavior skills but had declined in psycholinguistic abilities. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Daily Living Skills, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Followup Studies, Group Homes, Language Skills, Mental Retardation, Organization Size (Groups), Prior Learning, Psycholinguistics, Residential Programs, Retention (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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