Social Contacts of Adults with Severe Disabilities Living in the Community: A Descriptive Analysis of Relationship Patterns.

Kennedy, Craig H.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ400755

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Publication Date: 1989

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Social Contacts of Adults with Severe Disabilities Living in the Community: A Descriptive Analysis of Relationship Patterns.

Kennedy, Craig H.; And Others

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), v14 n3 p190-96 Fall 1989

The social interaction patterns of 23 adults with severe disabilities, residents of community-based programs, were analyzed across a 30-month time period. Analysis focused on number of different companions, rate of social interactions, durability of social relationships, and number of new companions met during the last year of the study. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Friendship, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Residential Programs, Severe Disabilities, Social Environment, Social Life

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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