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Maintaining Successful Interventions In Social, Vocational, and Community Rehabilitation

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1990

Abstract

This paper will review techniques for promoting the durability of interventions designed to address the return to the community of the chronically mentally disabled client. Specific practitioner techniques are identified, described, and evaluated both in terms of the authors' clinical practice and the research literature. the focus is on social-skills training in general, and in particular, job training, rehabilitation, and community adaptation. They argue that clinicians and researchers should focus on Generalization, Maintenance, and Transfer. This paper presents trainer guidelines and techniques, identifies promising developments, and points to evaluative gaps in our knowledge.

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Cet article vise à passer en revue les techniques destinées à promouvoir le maintein des effets des programmes de réadaptation à la vie dans la communauté, destinés aux personnes qui souffrent de problémes de santé mentale persistants. Des techniques sont décrites et évaluées, à partir de l'expérience clinique aussi bien que de la recension des écrits. L'accent est mis sur le développement des habiletés sociales et en particulier sur les programmes de préparation à l'emploi, de réadaptation, et de réinsertion dans la communauté. Notre conclusion est à l'effet que les cliniciens et les chereheurs devraient mettre l'accent sur la Généralisation, le Maintein, et le Transfert des acquis, Cet article décrit des lignes directrices et des techniques d'entrainement, identifie des développements prometteurs et signale des lacunes dans nos connaissance sur l'evaluation de ces programmes.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 9Number 1April 1990
Pages: 39 - 49

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Version of record online: 29 April 2009

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Michael J. R. Paquin
Oshawa General Hospital
Garry P. Perry
MacNeil Clinic, Saskatoon

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