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Training Skills for Community Adjustment

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Handbook of Behavior Modification with the Mentally Retarded

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Abstract

The move toward community placement of the mentally retarded has gained considerable momentum within the past few years. The push has come primarily from those who espouse a philosophical approach to treatment called “normalization.” This concept originated in Europe and has been accepted in the United States primarily through the efforts of Wolfensberger (1972). The normalization movement in the United States has been accelerated by numerous legal decisions. For example, before 1971 no court action had been filed on the legal rights of the mentally retarded. Between October, 1971, and July, 1973, at least 41 proceedings were initiated in the federal and state courts (Freedman, 1974). The pace of such court-related attempts to gain rights for the mentally retarded has continued to accelerate since that time. These actions have been significant in that most of them either directly or indirectly support normalization.

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  1. Partlow State School and Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35401, USA

    Allen Marchetti

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, USA

    Johnny L. Matson

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Marchetti, A., Matson, J.L. (1981). Training Skills for Community Adjustment. In: Matson, J.L., McCartney, J.R. (eds) Handbook of Behavior Modification with the Mentally Retarded. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7130-8_7

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