Program for developmentally disabled children.
Children who are developmentally disabled are more often handicapped by a lack of social skills than by intellectual limitations. The pilot program described here improved the psychosocial functioning of such children by involving them in one-to-one relationships with caring adults.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003954:Diagnostic Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012947:Social Work; D013334:Students; D014838:Volunteers