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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED235657 AUTHOR: Rosenberg, S. A.; McTate, Gay Angel
TITLE: Intellectually Handicapped Mothers: Problems and
Prospects. Working Papers in Developmental Disabilities.
Draft.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 15 p.
ABSTRACT: Issues in working with mentally retarded parents
are considered. Experiences of the Intensive Services to
Families at Risk Project (ISFAR), an effort to prevent the
need for foster care by improving the quality of care for
abused and neglected children in their own families, are
recounted. Among problems facing retarded parents are a
tendency to overgeneralize instructions, difficulty in
adjusting parenting styles to changes in child's
development, and lack of such vital resources as
transportation for medical services or clothing. ISFAR
services addressed child care knowledge, parent child
interaction, resource deficits, and family supports. In
addition, parents were helped to interact with various
human service agencies. Activity groups were used to
improve parenting abilities, and individual sessions were
devoted to unique needs. Benefits of the program are
traced, and the need for an array of services is stressed,
including skill training, home visiting, and casework
designed to reduce resource and social problems. (CL)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Child-Rearing; Program-Descriptions
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Mental-Retardation; *Parent-Education;
*Parents-
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