The Mentally Retarded Infant — Is Placement Feasible?

摘要

A 1968 questionnaire about placement resources for mentally retarded infants that was sent to public agencies in all 58 California counties showed:• Resources for counseling, placement, and financial aid for out-of-home placement are not uniformly available to all groups within the population.• Financial help with out-of-home placement of a member of a family that is not medically indigent may be available in less than one-fourth of the counties of the state.• Knowledge of resources is often inadequate. A family could be referred inappropriately from one agency to another.