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Spooner, Fred; Tyson, Madalyn E. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
The study involved a 3 1/2 year retrospective analysis of a transdisciplinary peer review committee in a residential facility for the mentally retarded including 141 restrictive behavior management programs. Data are presented on three variables: (1) "turn around" time, (2) average number of reviewers, and (3) reviewer comments.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Behavior Change, Due Process, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedWetzel, Ralph J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Institutions for people with disabilities can be "deinstitutionalized" by changing the way they are organized and regulated. The process of developing community learning environments in residential programs involves design of daily living routines, assessment of residential living skills, identification of teaching objectives, development of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies, Community Programs
Download full textDeJong, William; Vince-Whitman, Cheryl; Colthurst, Tom; Cretella, Maggie; Gilbreath, Michael; Rosati, Michael; Zweig, Karen – 1998
This guide presents a comprehensive strategy, called "environmental management," for alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention in institutions of higher education. The environmental management approach utilizes, in addition to educational programs, changes in the physical, social, economic, and legal environment accomplished through a…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Change, College Environment, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedJohnston, J. M.; Shook, Gerald L. – Mental Retardation, 1993
Elements of a model for delivering statewide behavioral programing services to individuals with mental retardation in residential, training, and educational settings are described. The model includes such components as identification of levels of behavioral competence among staff members, an intervention approval process, regional behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Janney, Rachel; Meyer, Luanna – 1989
The inservice training module, developed as part of the Child-Centered Inservice Training Project (Syracuse, New York) is designed for use with educators providing services for students with developmental disabilities and behavior problems. The module comprises six units which incorporate theory, demonstration, practice, and feedback and is…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Decision Making
