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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1999
This study provides longitudinal analysis of day program and work activities of 61 individuals leaving Minnesota state institutions and a comparison group of 71 people remaining institutionalized. Only 13% of movers experienced integrated employment. As a group, the people who remained institutionalized actually earned more money. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Day Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Bersani, Hank A., Jr. – 1987
The site visit report describes the Family Support Services program run by the Calvert County (Maryland) Association for Retarded Citizens. The program's goal is to prevent any person 21 years of age or younger from being institutionalized. It provides respite care services, specialized family support, and integrated day care for approximately 50…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Programs, Delivery Systems, Family Problems
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Pradad, Akanksha; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1991
This paper examines the need for and role of occupational therapy in the organization and functioning of a community day care center for psychiatric patients in India. The occupational therapy program involves client evaluation, determination of therapeutic activities, physical exercise, recreational activities, group sessions, family involvement,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Community Programs, Day Programs
Orzak, Louis H.; And Others – 1969
An introduction to the need for day camp activities and recreational facilities for the retarded precedes a discussion of the problems involved: the recreational needs must be defined along with the nature of the programs; locations must be found; the costs of transportation and salaries must be assumed and budgeted; programs must be flexible and…
Descriptors: Administration, Camping, Community Programs, Day Camp Programs