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Some Impressions of and Comments on the Rehabilitation of Developmentally Handicapped Adults in Australia.
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Brown, Roy I. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1982
The author describes rehabilitation services he observed in Australia. He comments on programs (and notes a lack of collaboration), philosophy, and the gaps between research and practice. He cites five overall problems including lack of opportunities for vocational placement and overdependence on vocational or sheltered workshop-type training…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Rehabilitation Programs, Services
Rehabilitation in Australia--A Look at Someone Else's Backyard.
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Brown, Roy I. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1987
Australian rehabilitation programs and centers for children and adults with mental and multiple handicaps are reviewed especially as they compare to similar programs in Canada. Such issues as deinstitutionalization, funding, normalization, vocational training alone vs. integrated programming, preservice and inservice training of personnel, and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries