Quality of Life for Individuals Who Are Labeled Mentally Retarded: Evaluating Competitive Employment versus Sheltered Workshop Employment.

Autor/inn/en	Inge, Katherine J.; und weitere
Titel	Quality of Life for Individuals Who Are Labeled Mentally Retarded: Evaluating Competitive Employment versus Sheltered Workshop Employment.
Quelle	In: Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 23 (1988) 2, S.97-104Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Adults; Career Change; Citizen Participation; Compensation (Remuneration); Interpersonal Competence; Job Skills; Mental Retardation; Money Management; Physical Health; Promotion (Occupational); Quality of Life; Quality of Working Life; Sheltered Workshops; Vocational Rehabilitation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Career changes; Berufswechsel; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Produktive Fertigkeit; Geistige Behinderung; Gesundheitszustand; Aufstiegsberuf; Berufsförderung; Lebensqualität; Arbeitsqualität; Berufliche Rehabilitation
Abstract	Twenty mentally retarded individuals placed in competitive employment were compared to a matched group in sheltered workshop settings concerning their quality of life. The competitively employed individuals experienced greater advancement; improved hand strength and weight control; and increased community participation, social vocational skills, fiscal responsibility, and financial outcomes. (Author/JDD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC