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Foster Care for Intellectually handicapped children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Jill Volard and
Frank Forrest
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Over the past twenty years, concepts and ideas about the care of the intellectually handicapped have been changing. These changes are largely based on the principle of “normalisation” which originated in Scandinavia and in essence implies that the intellectually handicapped should experience as nearly as possible, and in keeping with their special needs and capabilities, normal community living (Nirge).

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Children Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 1977, pp. 11 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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