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ERIC Number: EJ351800
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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"They're Not Like You and Me": Institutional Attendants' Perspectives on Residents.
Taylor, Steven J.
Child and Youth Services, v8 n3-4 p109-25 1987
Examines caretakers' definitions of residents at public institutions for the mentally retarded. While attendants have been the target of institutional reform efforts, at the institutions studied, these efforts have not resulted in significant changes in attendants' condescension toward residents. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Attendants, Definitions, Employee Attitudes, Improvement, Mental Retardation, Residential Care, Residential Institutions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue on qualitative research and evaluation in group care.