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Psychometric Properties of the Dyskinesia Identification System: Condensed User Scale (DISCUS).
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Sprague, Robert L.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1989
Individuals with developmental disability (n=400) were assessed with the "Dyskinesia Identification System: Condensed User Scale" (DISCUS), a 15-item tardive dyskinesia rating scale shortened from the "Dyskinesia Identification System-Coldwater." Based on interrater reliability, 2-week stability, and other analyses, DISCUS is…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Disabilities
The Family Behavior Profile: An Initial Report
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Kennett, Keith F. – Mental Retardation, 1977
Described is the Family Behavior Profile, a method for examining the social awareness of a mentally retarded person and his/her family. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Evaluation Methods
The ABS as a Tool in Comprehensive MR Programming
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Bogen, Dennis; Aanes, David – Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Daily Living Skills
Behavioral Differences among an Institution's Back Ward Residents
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Barrett, Beatrice H. – Mental Retardation, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Exceptional Child Research
Mental and Chronological Age as Predictors of Age-Appropriate Leisure Activity in Children with Mental Retardation.
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Evans, David W.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1995
Forty children with mental retardation were compared on everyday leisure-time behaviors with children without mental retardation matched for mental age (MA) or chronological age (CA). Although MA best predicted overall functioning on leisure-time behavior, CA best predicted both single highest behavior performed and highest behavior considered too…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Children