A nationwide survey of day-care for children with mental retardation in Japan.
We conducted the first nationwide survey on day-cares (DCs) for mentally retarded preschoolers in Japan by sending a questionnaire to 686 such facilities, 460 (67.1%) of which responded. There were three types of DCs. Type I was a small facility, financed by a local government but not established by the Child Welfare Act. Type II was a non-residential facility founded by the Act and usually run by a private welfare organization. Type III was a unit in a large rehabilitation center for various handicapped persons established and run by a local government. We proposed a model DC having 9 staff members to be placed nearby consumers to improve the early treatment system for mentally retarded children in Japan.
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Department of Mental Health and Nursing, Tokyo University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000706:statistics & numerical data