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Realon, Rodney E.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1988
A variety of battery operated leisure materials were adapted for easier activation by 10 profoundly mentally retarded nonambulatory and nonverbal institutionalized adults. Demonstration and instruction results supported the use of the adapted materials as a cost-effective means of increasing the independent leisure activity engagements of such…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Electromechanical Aids, Institutionalized Persons
Flack, Beth; And Others – 1980
The paper describes a special education staff's problems with teaching a severely handicapped institutionalized population and reports on observations of seven multiply handicapped (blind-mentally retarded) students. The students' feeding skills performance in the institution and the school was compared in such terms as diet, utensil use, special…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Contingency Management, Environmental Influences
Berkman, Karen A.; Meyer, Luanna H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1988
The case study describes various treatments implemented over a three-year period to reduce and eliminate multiple and severe self-injurious behaviors in a 45-year-old retarded and psychotic institutionalized man. Nonaversive intervention and community involvement was associated with positive behavior change and eventual community placement. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Community Programs
Baker, Milton J.; Salon, Rebecca S. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
The article describes the community integration experiences and behaviors of nine long-term institutionalized adults who participated in a one-week summer vacation away from the institution. Among staff observations and conclusions was that behavior in an institutional setting cannot be used to predict behavior in a community environment.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Community, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Karan, Orv C.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1986
Four interdisciplinary programs for the developmentally disabled are described: (1) a paraprofessional degree training program; (2) supported employment for institutionalized adults; (3) a service/research program in the area of communication technology and training for nonspeaking persons; and (4) a communication skills program for persons who…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Programs
