 Positive behavioral supports were developed, in part, to assist with "management problems" of the residential facilities.Group home residents may be found in workplaces, day services, parks and recreation programs, schools, shopping centers, travel locations, and with family, neighbors, community workers, coworkers, schoolmates, and friends.In addition, new laws required that schools serve disabled children (often obfuscated as "special needs" or "exceptional children") adapting school and afterschool programs to meet the needs of the previously excluded population groups.