Is off Campus Work Placement Necessary for All Educable Mentally Retarded?

Abstract

A comparison was made of the postschool adjustment of two comparable groups of educable retarded persons; one group had off campus work experience and the other had a program limited to the school setting including on campus work experience. The results of the study indicated that those without off campus work experience were achieving as well as those who had been placed in work situations in the community as part of their high school program. The majority of both groups were making an adequate adjustment. It is suggested that on campus work experience may be adequate for the majority of the educable mentally retarded. The multiply handicapped and those who test in the lower IQ range of the educable retarded may be the ones who most need more intensive work experience.

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