ERIC Number: EJ951477
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Publication Date: 2011-Dec
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Will There Always Be an Institution? II: The Impact of New Service Models--Residential Alternatives to Institutions
Wolfensberger, Wolf
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, v49 n6 p425-434 Dec 2011
In this two-part series of articles, it is predicted that institutions will be phased out because of five trends: development of nonresidential community services; new conceptualizations of and attitudes toward residential services: increased usage of individual rather than group residential placements; provision of small, specialized group residences; and a decline in the incidence and prevalence of severe and profound retardation due to reduction in the birthrate of high risk groups, improvement of health services for the population generally and for high risk groups specifically, increased practice of abortion, general environmental betterment, and early childhood education. In this (second) part, the impact of the developing new service model upon the institution is discussed. [For Part I, see EJ951476.]
Descriptors: Residential Institutions, Community Services, Attitude Change, Incidence, Severe Mental Retardation, Birth Rate, At Risk Persons, Health Services, Pregnancy, Environment, Early Childhood Education, Models, Residential Programs
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 7065, Lawrence, KS 66044-7065. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://aamr.allenpress.com
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Language: English
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