ABSTRACT
This handbook provides the reader with the applied knowledge essential for initiating, building, and continuing community service programs for the mentally retarded. Applied to specific populations, and to both urban and rural settings, the model also offers a blueprint for establishing successful service systems.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |63 pages
Ideology And Foundational Principles
chapter |3 pages
Major Factors Promoting Changes in Community Services
chapter |26 pages
The Challenges Facing Community Services
chapter |18 pages
The Four Basic Program Components in a Community-Based System
part |94 pages
From Ideology To Practice
chapter |30 pages
Based Service System—The Encor Model
chapter |25 pages
A Systems Model for Overcoming the Barriers to Services
chapter |28 pages
The Delivery of Services in Rural Settings
part |64 pages
Special Populations And Issues
chapter |8 pages
Serving Mentally Retarded-Medically Fragile Persons
chapter |23 pages
Serving the Mentally Retarded-Mentally Ill
chapter |5 pages
Staff Training and Development
part |18 pages
Future Directions
