The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reforming
Introduction As part of the full-sized personal examination of persons, living in residential facilities for mentally disabled people (Kekelidze, 2020) 621 children, living in 3 asylums “for children with mental retardation” of Krasnoyarsk region were examined. In 134 cases diagnosis “Moderate or s...
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Introduction
As part of the full-sized personal examination of persons, living in residential facilities for mentally disabled people (Kekelidze, 2020) 621 children, living in 3 asylums “for children with mental retardation” of Krasnoyarsk region were examined. In 134 cases diagnosis “Moderate or severe mental retardation” wasn’t confirmed. In 2020 a full examination of 47 children with non-confirmed diagnoses was carried out in one of the asylums.
Objectives
The main purpose of this investigation is to present the results of this full examination and sum up the main problems of the system of institutional care for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Russia.
Methods
Clinical and psychological examination, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-II), analysis of pedagogical characteristics.
Results
Figure 1 presents the results of cluster analysis of WISC-II. In 37 cases diagnoses were reversed to Mild intellectual disability. In one case – 10 y.o. boy - to developmental delay through social-pedagogic neglect.
In the beginning of 2021 32 children were transferred to boarding schools with educational programme for children with mild intellectual disabilities. 13 children adapted to new developmental and educational conditions relatively successfully, 4 children – unsuccessfully and were returned to the first institute.
Conclusions
The success of adaptation did not depend on IQ, but on the age of the child and the severity of emotional and behavioral disorders, as well as on the willingness of the institution to provide personalized assistance to the child. The results identify the main problems of the system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-400e04da7bdf4b47b3d9107cdae8ef412023-11-17T05:06:53ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S424S42510.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1077The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reformingO. Rusakovskaya0E. Volodenkova1V. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, Forensic Psychiatry In Civil Process, Moscow, Russian FederationKrasnoyarsk Region Neuropsychiatric Facility, Ministry Of Health, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation Introduction As part of the full-sized personal examination of persons, living in residential facilities for mentally disabled people (Kekelidze, 2020) 621 children, living in 3 asylums “for children with mental retardation” of Krasnoyarsk region were examined. In 134 cases diagnosis “Moderate or severe mental retardation” wasn’t confirmed. In 2020 a full examination of 47 children with non-confirmed diagnoses was carried out in one of the asylums. Objectives The main purpose of this investigation is to present the results of this full examination and sum up the main problems of the system of institutional care for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Russia. Methods Clinical and psychological examination, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-II), analysis of pedagogical characteristics. Results Figure 1 presents the results of cluster analysis of WISC-II. In 37 cases diagnoses were reversed to Mild intellectual disability. In one case – 10 y.o. boy - to developmental delay through social-pedagogic neglect. In the beginning of 2021 32 children were transferred to boarding schools with educational programme for children with mild intellectual disabilities. 13 children adapted to new developmental and educational conditions relatively successfully, 4 children – unsuccessfully and were returned to the first institute. Conclusions The success of adaptation did not depend on IQ, but on the age of the child and the severity of emotional and behavioral disorders, as well as on the willingness of the institution to provide personalized assistance to the child. The results identify the main problems of the system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S092493382201077X/type/journal_articleinstitutional careChild Psychiatryintellectual disabilityWISC |
| spellingShingle | O. Rusakovskaya E. Volodenkova The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reforming European Psychiatry institutional care Child Psychiatry intellectual disability WISC |
| title | The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reforming |
| title_full | The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reforming |
| title_fullStr | The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reforming |
| title_full_unstemmed | The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reforming |
| title_short | The system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in Russia: problems and current results of reforming |
| title_sort | system of institutional care for children with developmental disabilities in russia problems and current results of reforming |
| topic | institutional care Child Psychiatry intellectual disability WISC |
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