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LE #1 History

LE #1 History. Are you ready to be stretched?. Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with intellectual disabilities located in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City from the 1930s until 1987.

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LE #1 History

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  1. LE #1 History Are you ready to be stretched?

  2. Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with intellectual disabilities located in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City from the 1930s until 1987. • The school was designed for 4,000, but by 1965 it had a population of 6,000. At the time it was the biggest state-run institution for the mentally handicapped in the United States.[

  3. Willowbrook http://www.youtube.com/user/STFFestival?feature=pyv&ad=6608651899&kw=willowbrook&v=k_sYn8DnlH4&lr=1

  4. Willowbrook • Public outcry led to its closure in 1987, and to federal civil rights legislation protecting the handicapped. Christmas In Purgatory: A Photographic Essay On Mental Retardation (1974)

  5. History of societal attitudes towards people with developmental disabilities • 18th –Early 19th Century • Enlightenment movement in USA and Europe -All people are capable of reasoning and that our sameness as people is more important than our differences -State schools opened to prepare individuals for employment and independence -Schools for the deaf and blind are established -Outside jobs and other opportunities are developed

  6. CLIENT • Client, in the system of patronage in ancient Rome, an individual protected and sponsored by a patron

  7. History of societal attitudes towards people with developmental disabilities • Late 1800’s-1920’s • Schools adopt a medical model • Focus goes from education and independence to custodial care • Young children placed in care of state schools • Eugenics movement (Breeding a Better Citizenry Through Science) -prevents people with disabilities from moving to the USA, marrying, or having children -leads to institutionalization and forced sterilization of people with disabilities, including children

  8. Current Times • Team Meetings • How do people receiving supports participate in their own team meetings? • What have you witnessed? • How should it be? • What types of words are used to describe people receiving supports? • What have you heard?

  9. What are some targeted behaviors staff focus on? • What are some Good Life things we should be focusing on? • Examples????

  10. Bernard Made it Out • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZFTQ3_04i0

  11. G L OACB Good Life Training Series Your Experiences Traditional Approaches • Aversive consequences • Compliance • Punishment • Physical control/restraint

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