"Is it functional?" A question for music therapists who work with the institutionalized mentally retarded.
The criterion of ultimate functioning is beginning to be the standard for treatment in institutions for the mentally retarded. The medical and developmental models are being replaced as standards because they are not considered sufficiently effective for deinstitutionalizing adult severely and profoundly retarded clients. Music therapists are being required to devise treatment plans to develop functional leisure time skills that clients can pursue independently in a community setting.
D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States