The Aim of the Levels of Support Approach Is to Explain

question 4

True/False

The aim of the levels of support approach is to explain an individual's functional (rather than intellectual)limitations in terms of the amount of support he or she requires to achieve optimal growth and development at home,school,the workplace,and in other community settings.

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Definitions:

Disengagement Theory

The view that declines in social interaction in older age are due to mutual withdrawal between older adults and society as they anticipate death.

Social Interaction

Entails the process by which individuals act and react in relation to others, influencing each other's behaviors and thoughts in a social context.

Disengagement Theory

A theory suggesting that aging naturally involves a gradual withdrawal from social roles and relationships, as a part of healthy adjustment to aging.

Withdrawing From Society

The act of pulling back or distancing oneself from the interactions and activities of a social group or community.