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A Nationwide Survey of Day‐Care for Children with Mental Retardation in Japan
Author(s) -
Kurita Hiroshi,
Shiiya Junji,
Ito Hiroto
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1994.tb02997.x
Subject(s) - mentally retarded , unit (ring theory) , government (linguistics) , welfare , rehabilitation , local government , questionnaire , administration (probate law) , psychiatry , business , medicine , psychology , developmental psychology , physical therapy , political science , public administration , linguistics , philosophy , social science , mathematics education , sociology , law
We conducted the first nationwide survey on day‐cares (DCs) for mentally retarded preschoolers in Japan by sending a questionnaire to 686 such facilities, 460 (67.1%) of which responded. There were three types of DCs. Type I was a small facility, financed by a local government but not established by the Child Welfare Act. Type II was a non‐residential facility founded by the Act and usually run by a private welfare organization. Type III was a unit in a large rehabilitation center for various handicapped persons established and run by a local government. We proposed a model DC having 9 staff members to be placed nearby consumers to improve the early treatment system for mentally retarded children in Japan.