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https://doi.org/10.1080/07481189408252658
Copy DOIJournal: Death Studies | Publication Date: May 1, 1994 |
Citations: 15 |
Abstract Too often, the grieving needs of the mentally retarded are misunderstood and disenfranchised by both family members and treatment staff. I outline a training program to equip the staff of mental retardation agencies to respond to the special needs of their clientele, as well as a program for the family members of retarded individuals. Interventions with the client themselves are illustrated through a series of case studies illustrating the unique difficulties in the grieving process that can arise from the convergence of ambivalnce, depends, and guilt that complicates the relationships between mentally retarded individuals and many of the people in their lives. In spite of their intellectual limitations, the majority of retarded individuals experience the death and loss as charged with emotional significance and provide a challenge to those who would support them in their grieving.
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