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Assessment for residential placement: PROGRAMME AND PLACEMENT DECISIONS ARE NOT THE SAME
Author(s) -
Haller Otto,
Lefaivre Debi
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1989.tb00499.x
Subject(s) - doors , service (business) , community service , psychology , residential care , applied psychology , operations management , medical education , nursing , business , medicine , engineering , public relations , marketing , political science , structural engineering
A community operated residential services programme designed an assessment service for placing adults with mental handicaps in least restrictive residential environments. The goal of the service was to provide valid, reliable, and comprehensive assessments for residential placement and programme decision making. To ensure validity, all assessments were to be carried out in a community‐based group home. After 29 assessments and 27 months of operation the assessment home closed its doors. It appears that placement decisions did not depend on people's personal characteristics as much as anticipated. The focus of assessment should change from assessing people's generic characteristics, such as skills or aptitude, to assessing aspects of the environment of the receiving placement.