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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 reviewedJacobson, John W.; Ackerman, Lee J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993
This study reports on the extent to which pharmacological and behavioral consequences were applied to behavior problems within a population of 31,000 adults in New York's developmental services system. Findings indicated that these consequences were significantly related to variables of intellectual level, residential setting type, type and extent…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Tarnowski, Kenneth J.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Evaluation of treatment acceptability was conducted with 78 staff members at a community-based residential facility for youth with severe behavior disorders and mental retardation, where the institutional treatment philosophy was explicitly behavioral. Unlike a previous study, in this setting acceptability ratings were not influenced by severity…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Influences
Peer reviewedPeterson, Frances M.; Martens, Brian K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1995
This study reviewed 113 research articles involving 299 subjects and a corresponding sample of 299 adaptive skill programs implemented in state-funded residential facilities for adults with developmental disabilities. Statistical analysis revealed significant differences between researchers and clinicians in adaptive and maladaptive behavior…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Behavior Modification, Daily Living Skills
