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SOCIAL WORK WITH THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
Author(s) -
McKEOWN R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the institute of mental subnormality (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0141-2205
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1978.tb00358.x
Subject(s) - mainstream , work (physics) , psychology , mentally retarded , social work , sociology , social psychology , developmental psychology , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , law
“The mentally handicapped cannot respond to social work techniques. Behaviour modificaton provides the only system that will help them develop new patterns of functioning”. A remark from a colleague made me stop and think. Had I taken myself out of the mainstream of social work into an area of work that was, perhaps, more appropriate to other disciplines? My reflections form the basis of this article…