COMM 321 Chapter 6: COMM 321 - Reading Notes - Chapter 6
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Comm 321 - reading notes - chapter 6. Sheltered workshop: refer to a wide range of vocational and non vocational programs for individuals with developmental disabilities including facility-based employment (eg assembling pens) and for higher functioning individuals, community integrated employment (janitorial service, bagging groceries) Developmental disabilities are attributable to mental retardation or related conditions that impair the intellectual functioning of individuals. Pressing societal dilemma: the need to create expressive and vocational opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. Programming can limit people by positioning them as bundles of pathologies or problems to be fixed. Services are generally organized by people"s limitations. Cai staff helps individuals identify and explore their capacities and interests. John dewy"s belief that art serves both intrinsically valuable and instrumental purposes. Art forms represent crystallized moments in the creative process (painting) Process of aesthetic experience (including the creation and appreciation of art forms) in turn can serve instrumental purposes (pain relief or employment opportunities.
