TY - JOUR
T1 - A national survey of handicapped children receiving public social services
T2 - prevalence rates and service patterns in 1977
AU - MacEachron, Ann E.
AU - Krauss, Marty W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgement: This study was supported by the Children's Bureau of Office for Children, Youth and Families, Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
Copyright:
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PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - In comparison with the first national Children's Bureau Survey in 1961, the current 1977 Children's Bureau Survey indicates that while the percentage of children receiving social services who are handicapped (emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, and physically handicapped) has declined slightly, the absolute number receiving services has more than doubled. The development of many specialized services as well as a broadened definition of social services since 1961 probably accounts in large part for this trend. Public social services received followed three general patterns: (a) an overall emphasis on serving families and children together rather than only children, a goal of both social services and of specialized services for handicapped children; (b) a greater likelihood of placing handicapped children in out-of-home placements; and (c) a greater likelihood of placing mentally retarded children in out of-home placements and, not unexpectedly therefore, of their families receiving fewer supportive and supplemental services.
AB - In comparison with the first national Children's Bureau Survey in 1961, the current 1977 Children's Bureau Survey indicates that while the percentage of children receiving social services who are handicapped (emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, and physically handicapped) has declined slightly, the absolute number receiving services has more than doubled. The development of many specialized services as well as a broadened definition of social services since 1961 probably accounts in large part for this trend. Public social services received followed three general patterns: (a) an overall emphasis on serving families and children together rather than only children, a goal of both social services and of specialized services for handicapped children; (b) a greater likelihood of placing handicapped children in out-of-home placements; and (c) a greater likelihood of placing mentally retarded children in out of-home placements and, not unexpectedly therefore, of their families receiving fewer supportive and supplemental services.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0190-7409(83)80002-4
DO - 10.1016/S0190-7409(83)80002-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248686284
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 5
SP - 117
EP - 134
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
IS - 2
ER -