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Peer reviewedYarbrough, Elsie; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
Results of evaluating effects of fenfluramine on 21 maladaptive behaviors in 20 autistic individuals (from 9 to 30 years old) over a 9-month period using a double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled design indicated no significant reductions in maladaptive behaviors and the presence of negative side effects. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy
Briggs, Renee – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1989
Psychotropic drug use in a large Massachusetts public facility for mentally retarded adults was reduced to and maintained at approximately 20 percent over an eight-year period during which a monitoring and evaluation procedure (including interdisciplinary team review, identification of target behaviors, and concurrent alternative forms of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Drug Therapy, Evaluation Methods, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedMillichamp, C. Jane; Singh, Nirbhay N. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
A double-blind placebo-controlled study was conducted to assess the effects of intermittent drug therapy on stereotyped and collateral behaviors of six profoundly mentally retarded, institutionalized, adult males. Despite a marked reduction in medication, there was no general change of clinical significance in any of the behaviors. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Drug Therapy, Institutionalized Persons
Download full textBluestone, Michael A. – 1984
Physical aggression among institutionalized mentally retarded persons arouses great social concern. To examine the effectiveness of four-point mechanical restraints and a positive adaptive symbol program in the reduction of high frequency, high intensity aggression, three institutionalized severely mentally retarded adolescents (2 females, 1 male)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
Tyson, Madalyn E.; Spooner, Fred – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
A retrospective evaluation of restrictive behavior programs in a state residential facility for persons with mental retardation found beneficial behavioral effects. The behavior programs reviewed utilized isolation timeout, exclusion timeout, response cost, prone restraint, seated restraint, timeout device, nonexclusion timeout, standing…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Extinction (Psychology)
Peer reviewedSilverstein, Burton J.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1987
Group process and rating techniques were used to create a scale for measuring severity and frequency of 24 problem behaviors in institutionalized mentally retarded persons. A substantial correlation was found between scores and staff-time allocations, indicating usefulness of the scale as a predictor of staffing requirements for behavior…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales
