Building New Lives in the Community - Hopes, Fears and Dreams . . . one year later

2006

Vici Decker
[email protected]
706-583-0544

Rivers Crossing, a facility for young people with sever disabilities, locked its doors on June 30, 1996, and became the first Georgia institution to close. It was an historic event. This booklet tracks what has happened to nine of the young people who previously lived at Rivers Crossing. Their stories were selected because they represent families who were both supportive and opposed to community placement, people who are medically fragile, people who have significant behavioral challenges, and people who have widely varying levels of family involvement. These are stories of good times and stories of struggles. The facts and quotes included came from direct interviews with the family members, the person with a disability, and the service providers.

Reports and monographs

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

Braille, Audio (cassette, audio file, etc.), Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

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