title: [The Republican Rehabilitation Center for Occupational Qualification of Handicapped Patients in Latvia].
abstract: Commissioned by, and at the expense of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Order, the Ministry of Welfare of the Latvian Republic has been supported by BTZ, Berufliches Trainingszentrum Hamburg, in its drive to set up a rehabilitation centre. Conceptual development completed in late 1991 along the lines of the vocational training and retraining centres in Germany, the RRC, Republican Rehabilitation Centre, was founded in Jurmala on the Gulf of Riga in February 1992, as a limited liability company. The present article outlines some of the background and problems involved, gives information on developments in conceptual respects, on counselling and training of the teachers and instructors, as well as the organizational development taken and likely future course.
authors.affiliation: Berufliches Trainingszentrum Hamburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hallwachs
mesh_terms: D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D007844:Latvia; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000639:trends*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Das Republikanische Rehabilitationscentrum für berufliche Qualifizierung Behinderter in Lettland.