DOCUMENT RESUME ED 315 952 EC 222 703 AUTHOR Dybwad, Rosemary F., Ed. TITLE International Directory of Mental Retardation Resources. Third Edition, 1986-89. INSTITUTION International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicaps, BrusselF (Belgium).; President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. REPORT NO DHHS-(OHDS)-88-21019; ISBN-1-55672-051-3 PUB DATE 89 NOTE 329p.; For the Revised Edition (1977-78), see ED 185 727. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC14 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adults; Agency Cooperation; Elementary Secondary Education; *Foreign Countries; Government Role; *International Cooperaticn; International Educational Exchange; *International Organizations; *Mental Retardation; Professional Associations; Vo,.untary Agencies IDENTIFIERS United Nations ABSTRACT Intended to aid networking efforts among mental retardation professionals, parents, and persons with retardation, the directory lists international organizations and provides individual country reports on mental retardation efforts and organizations. Part I, international organizations, lists the United Nations and 5 of its specialized agencies, 3 inter-governmental (regional) organizations, 2 international coordinating agencies, and 25 international non-governmental organizations. Address, founding date, and a description are provided for each organization. The individual reports of 71 nations comprise most of the document. The following is presented for each nation: a brief description of the nation and its educational system; a listing of government agencies with mental retardation responsibility; information about voluntary organizations, research organizations, and publications; brief descriptive notes on programs and services; dates of school holiclay periods; and sources of other information.(DB) ********************************************************t************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********R******************************************w****************** r- AP w c. I herd I.(iitu)n 19 89 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 3 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MENTAL RETARDATION RESOURCPS Edited by Rosemary F. Dybwad, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Starr Center on Mental Retardation Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare Brandeis University First Edition 1971 Revised 1977-78 Third Edition 1986-89 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF AND HUMANSERVICES SOCIETIES FOR PERSONS President'sCommittee WITH MENTAL HANDICAP on MentalRetardation Av-Anue Louise 248, Box 17 Washington,D.C. 20201 B-1050 Brussels, Belgium 4 :be third edition of the InternationalDirectory of Mental Retardation Resources was supported in pert bythe National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIERR),Office of Special Education andRehabilitative Service, U.S. Departinent of Education. et.9< 10. *Q. PREFACE The President's Committee an Mental Retardation (PCIIR) is delighted to publish the third edition of the International Directory of Mental. Retardation Resources. PC MR would like to express its deep gratitude to Rosemary F. Dybwad, Ph.D., the author, for her dedication in caviling and editing this extensive document. We also thank:all of the countries that have prlvided the information necessary to make publilation of this magnitude a reality.As in case of the two previous editions of the Int4rnational Directory, we anticipate that there will be a great demand throughout the world for the third edition. The International Directory has been a valuable resource guide for citizens with mental retardation, their parents, and professional practitioners, researthers and students specializing in the area of mental retardation and other disthilities throughout the world.This Directory will assist organizations and agencies involved in mental retardation to communicate with each other in order to share their knowledge and researdi findings. Albert L. Anderson, D.D.S. Vice Chairperson Resident's Qxrnittee on Mental Retardation INTRODUCTION The third edition of the InternationalDirectory of Mental Retardation Resources is a welcomed publication. This new- edition indicatesthe continued growth and development that is takingplace in all countries. It further proves the statement "It's a small world after all," sinewe now recognize that we can travel and communicate withour fellow advocates and colleagues who share in the interest of buildinga better society for people with mental retardation. Rosemary F. Dybwad, Ph.D., has for severaldecades provided zonsumer representatives, professional workersand public officials withresource information on existingprograms in countries throughout the world. With her remarkable knowledge of internationalrelations, she has networked with national leaders Who have contributedto the development of this directory. The detailed preparation of thiscurrent edition will providea valuable guide to anyone who plans to communicateor travel to any country that shares inour common concern. Certainly the InternationalLeague of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap (IMMOwelcomes this latest edition.The II2 membership will fully utilize thecontent of the directory and willguide fellow colleagues and governmottalofficials to examine the contentin order to improve in the planning of futureservices. The President's Committeeon Mental Retardation has again contributedto advancing a better understandingof internationaldevelopments and resources. The ILSNH appreciates the opportunityto contributeand utilizethis International Directory for theexchangeof valuableinformation. Eloisa Garciade Lorenzo President InternationalLeague of Societies for Personswith Mental Handicap FOREWORD Even before intercoatinental travel became so common,when mail crossed the oceans only by Ship, and tale media were unknown,networldng was neverthe- less effective among those in the western world whoShared a common interest in urlderstanding mental retardation and the needs of people Who appeared tobe affected by it.Pori was of those reading cut, the interest began with scientific curiosity leading to a concern for the people and what could be done for them; for others the reverse sequenoeoccurred, - efforts to care for and train people with retardation led to fUndamemtal qpestions, bothreligious and scientific:why?, how?,that works? During the 19th and early 20th century, pioneers from many European countries, - Germany, Switzerland, Franoe, England and later Italy -visited one another and some also came toNorth America or were visited by Americans. The work of Binet in Frmnam was translatedinto alga& and standardized on Americanchildren.The work of Dr. Langdon Down received multinational attention. A Fterchmen, Edouard Seguin, founded (in 1876) Waatis rad the American Association an Mental Retardation, the largestnational multidisciplinary professional organization in the world. Interpersonal contact was made less casual with the intl.:antic:a of annualmeetings among the professional groups including a growing cadre of psychologists. Even so, communication remained the responsibility of a relatively closeknit group most of Tattlose national and international members knew eadh otherpersonally. The first 50 years of this professionalcamaraderie saw many advances and changes in knowledge, opinions, and attitudes concerning thefield. More people joined the ranks but the mans of communicationdid not radically dhange until after World War II. Clearly international communication and cooperation wereseverely constrained during the Great Depression and World War II - aperiod of 15 years - almost ageneration.When resumed in the poet war era, it was of a different order, qualitatively and quantitatively. A number of factorscontributed synergist!cally to these dramatic changes. Among those factors ware: Catnercial aviation on transoceanic routes making it possible for =are people to travel to mme places more frequently; Telecommunications of all kinds with enhancement of the written and spoken word by new visual and audio media, especially those not dependent on lcnoiledge of a specific language; Fur:potting interest in mental retardation in oriental and in developing countries, especially in Asia and South America, later in Africa; Rapid growth in the ember of people engaged as professionals and paraprofessionals in the field world wide; The advent of national organizations of parents and thecreation of an international league of such organizations; The creation of the International Association for theScientific Study of Mental Deficiency; The sustained work of Gunnar and Rosemary Dybwadin the international area. iii This third edition of the internationaldirectory of services forpeople with mental handicaps shouldbe viewed as a 30th anniversarycanmemorative of Dr. Rosemary Dykeed's initial activitiesspecific to cavorting and sustaining international networkingan a perion to person basis.It was in the late 50's that she widertook asa volunteer to maintain the internationalcorrespandanoe that cleared through the NOW Yorkoffices of what ismy the Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States,aid to organize the fragmentary information on which that oorrespondenoewas