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A H Bernsen

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PubMed1980

An interview technique in assessing retarded children. A comparative study of the reliability of the Children's Handicaps, Behaviour and Skills (HBS) Schedule.

A new assessment instrument the Children's Handicaps, Behaviour and Skills Schedule (HBS Schedule), constructed in England, has been used in a Danish epidemiological survey to interview the parents and professionals involved with 148 severely retarded children. Results as to reliability between informants and congruity with similar results from a study in Camberwell, England, are presented and discussed. It is concluded that the HBS Schedule constitutes a very valuable supplement in the evaluation of such children and deserves propagation for routine application, provided satisfactory instructions to interviewers can be given.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Severe mental retardation among children in the county of Arhus, Denmark. A community study on prevalence and provision of service.

An epidemiological census investigation on severe mental retardation among children under 15 years were carried out on July 1, 1970, in the community of Aarhus. Case finding procedures are described in detail. One hundred and seventy-one severely retarded children were found in total population of 233,162 with 50,667 children under 15 years. The age-specific prevalence rate was 3.38 per 1,000. About 20% of the severely retarded children are not registered in the Danish National Mental Retardation Service when they reached school age. One third of the children are under residental care, but only half of these are in subnormality hospitals while the other half reside in waiting homes. Among 64% living at home, two thirds receive day-care or training. Comparisons are made especially with two other prevalence surveys, one covering the same area, and the other identical in methods.

Adolescent↗