Adopted Children with Mental Retardation: Positive Family Impact.

Glidden, Laraine Masters; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ373530

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Publication Date: 1988

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Adopted Children with Mental Retardation: Positive Family Impact.

Glidden, Laraine Masters; And Others

Mental Retardation, v26 n3 p119-25 Jun 1988

The study of families (N=42) who had adopted or were long-term fostering mentally retarded children found very positive outcomes for most families in contrast to results from other studies with mentally retarded birth children. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adopted Children, Attitudes, Family Life, Family Problems, Foster Children, Mental Retardation, Placement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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