title: "Functioning" from the perspective of production supervisors.
abstract: Ethnographic research at two work activity centers revealed the hidden connotations of "functioning" in production supervisors' discussions of high functioning and lower functioning clients. Teachers at the centers defined functioning in narrowly academic terms, whereas supervisors used the term to connote a whole set of mental, physical, and moral traits related to job performance. Implications for communication among staff members and for treatment of clients were considered.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Anderson-Levitt
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Moerman
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology*; D012759:Sheltered Workshops; D012917:Social Adjustment