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Medication and Programming in Controlling the Behavior of Mentally Retarded Individuals in Community Settings.
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Schalock, Robert L.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1985
One group (N=22) of community-based mentally retarded clients was initially on psychotropic medication. Their dosage was either increased, decreased, or kept the same following behavioral intervention. A second group (N=19) was placed on psychotropic medication following behavioral intervention. Results indicated that the behavioral-chemical…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Drug Therapy, Intervention
Use of a Treatment Package in the Management of a Profoundly Mentally Retarded Girl's Pica and Self-Stimulation.
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Paniagua, Freddy A.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1986
Treatment involving verbal reprimands, physical restraint, response interruption, and positive practice overcorrection resulted in rapid and dramatic decreases in the levels of pica and self-stimulation of a 4-year-old profoundly retarded girl. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Program Effectiveness
Effects of Imitation Training on Immediate and Delayed Imitation by Severely Retarded Children.
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Hekkema, Nancy; Freedman, P. E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
Contingent reinforcement was used in training eight severely retarded children (4-14 years old) who were previously judged to be nonimitative. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research
Social Reinforcement and the Naturally Occurring Social Responses of Severely and Profoundly Retarded Adolescents.
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Mayhew, Gerald L.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1978
To determine if the deficits in social behavior of retarded persons might be, in part, due to the failure of the environment to maintain that behavior. Inappropriate behavior of 18 institutionalized 12- to 20-year-olds was ignored, and appropriate social behavior was rewarded. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Environmental Influences
Social Reinforcement and Knowledge of Results as Determinants of Motor Performance Among EMR Children
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Levy, Joseph – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Children