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Direct linkHolden, Borge; Gitlesen, Jens Petter – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
People with mental retardation comprise an overmedicated population. Studies the last 20 years or so indicate that nearly 50% of people with mental retardation receiving care have been using psychotropic medication, in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and/or problem behaviours. The recent years guidelines for prescription of psychotropics…
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Drug Therapy, Drug Use
Reid, Dennis H.; Parsons, Marsha B.; Lattimore, L. Perry; Towery, Donna L.; Reade, Kamara K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In two studies, three clinicians were assisted in using an outcome management approach to supervision for improving the work performance of their staff assistants. Using vocal and written instructions, feedback, and modeling, each clinician was assisted in specifying an area of staff performance (or consumer activity related to staff performance)…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Job Performance, Feedback, Autism
Prasher, V.; Farooq, A.; Holder, R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
The diagnosis of dementia in Alzheimer's disease remains at times problematic in adults with intellectual disability. The analysis of 5-year consecutive data developed a researched-based clinical screening tool for dementia in Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome. The Adaptive Behaviour Dementia Questionnaire (ABDQ) is a 15-item…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Alzheimers Disease, Adults, Screening Tests
