THE EFFECTS OF DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION ON ADULTS WITH LEARNING-DISABILITIES

Authors
CULLEN C WHORISKEY M MACKENZIE K MITCHELL W RALSTON K SHREEVE S STANLEY A
Citation
C. Cullen et al., THE EFFECTS OF DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION ON ADULTS WITH LEARNING-DISABILITIES, JIDR. Journal of intellectual disability research, 39, 1995, pp. 484-494
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Education, Special",Rehabilitation,"Clinical Neurology","Genetics & Heredity",Psychiatry
Journal title
JIDR. Journal of intellectual disability research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09642633
Volume
39
Year of publication
1995
Part
6
Pages
484 - 494
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-2633(1995)39:<484:TEODOA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We compared a group of people with learning disabilities who have been deinstitutionalized with a control group remaining in an institution on measures of adaptive and maladaptive behaviour, community living sk ills, social skills, and quality of life. In general, there was no cha nge over 30 months for the control group. Changes for the experimental group were either not seen or were generally modest in scale, and ten ded to occur within 6 months of moving, the measures staying relativel y stable thereafter. Implications for detailed examination of the effe cts of deinstitutionalization were discussed.