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Article: Residential placement: coping with separation. (includes related article on what to look for in a residential setting)
- Article from:
- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- September 1, 1993
- Author:
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Although G.S. had multiple disabilities, for 16 years his mother was able to care for him at home. His family lived in an accessible house in Massachusetts and had halp from a number of aides. He was attending a wonderful day school where he was learning a surprising range of skills.
After his parents divorce, G.'s mother into a smaller house in a neighborhood that was inconveniently located for the family aides who had been with G. for many years. G's father, who loves him and continued to participate in his care, first suggested that it wes time to find a residential setting for G. When G. was 16 years old, he went to live at a resenditial school in the ...