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A survey of moderately retarded adults in the lower mainland of British Columbia : their community adjustment one and three years after graduating from school

University of British Columbia

The purpose of this study was to describe the community adjustment of moderately retarded adults living in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, one and three years after they graduated from school. Community adjustment was considered in terms of the moderately retarded adults' mobility independence, self-sufficiency, interaction level, vocational ability, and educational status. Based on the research conducted by Lambert (1976) an interview-prompt recording sheet was developed, pilot tested, refined, and then used to gather data on the community adjustment of an accessible sample of moderately retarded adults in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Twenty-three adults (13 males and ten females) who graduated from school in 1978 and 20 adults (nine males and 11 females) who graduated from school in 1980 were interviewed. A 2x2 (year-by-gender) chi-square analysis was used to examine the frequency distributions for males and females from each of 1978 and 1980. The results revealed that for each component of community adjustment the distributions for males and females within and between 1978 and 1980 were not significantly different (p_<.05). Implications for personnel who work with the moderately retarded while they attend school and after they graduate from school have been outlined; as well, suggestions for future research have been made.

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2010-04-23

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