Current Workshop Practices: Strengths and Weaknesses

The Habilitation Department publishes two general kinds of papers. The first are descriptions of treatment procedures and program methods which have been used successfully in habilitation programs. Since it is expected that many readers will use ideas gained from these papers, they are expected to include enough detail to facilitate use of the procedure and to provide evidence which clearly supports the effectiveness of the procedure in producing habilitative gains.

The second kind of paper relates to the direction of habilitation programs. These papers examine professional and public values as they relate to the objectives or directions of adult services. By making specific recommendations for program development, these reports should assist in the planning and evaluation of needed programs.

Both papers selected for this issue are “directions” papers, one making suggestions for future developments in sheltered workshops and the other examining some possible implications of a normalization objective.