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Ment Retard
; 27(5): 325-9, 1989 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2586324
ABSTRACT
Ethnographic research at two work activity centers revealed the hidden connotations of "functioning" in production supervisors' discussions of high functioning and lower functioning clients. Teachers at the centers defined functioning in narrowly academic terms, whereas supervisors used the term to connote a whole set of mental, physical, and moral traits related to job performance. Implications for communication among staff members and for treatment of clients were considered.