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Lennox, David B.; Miltenberger, Raymond G. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
Twelve factors should be considered in justifying techniques selected for treating aberrant behavior in persons with mental retardation. The factors include motivational variables, treatment effectiveness, side effects, abuse potential, treatment restrictiveness/intrusiveness, treatment precedence, social acceptability, regulatory factors, staff…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Mental Retardation
McDonnell, Andrea P. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
This paper reviews the rationale and behavioral interventions commonly used for teaching compliance to individuals with mental retardation and the role of ethics in the use of such interventions. The paper examines issues in deciding whether compliance is an appropriate objective for an individual and whether interventions designed to achieve…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Psychology)
Strawbridge, Leigh A.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The article describes a training program which effectively taught a profoundly retarded and blind nine-year-old boy to use a walker. One year follow-up indicated maintenance of treatment gains. Ambulation training was correlated with a significant reduction in stereotypic behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Blindness, Case Studies, Children
Brigham, Frederick J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
Eight public school adolescent students with mild mental retardation and severely disruptive classroom behaviors participated in a cooperative behavior management intervention in which student teams were rewarded for appropriate classroom behavior. Rewarding both teams and individuals was most successful in decreasing inappropriate behavior in all…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
