Descriptor
| Behavior Modification | 13 |
| Adults | 4 |
| Behavior Problems | 4 |
| Intervention | 4 |
| Mental Retardation | 4 |
| Training Methods | 4 |
| Behavior Change | 3 |
| Case Studies | 3 |
| Disabilities | 3 |
| Positive Reinforcement | 3 |
| Contingency Management | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Education and Training in… | 13 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 13 |
| Reports - Research | 7 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 4 |
| Researchers | 2 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Lennox, David B.; Miltenberger, Raymond G. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
Twelve factors should be considered in justifying techniques selected for treating aberrant behavior in persons with mental retardation. The factors include motivational variables, treatment effectiveness, side effects, abuse potential, treatment restrictiveness/intrusiveness, treatment precedence, social acceptability, regulatory factors, staff…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Mental Retardation
Mohr, Caroline; Sharpley, Christopher F. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1988
The article reports a multimodal treatment of nocturnal enuresis and anxious behavior in a mildly mentally retarded woman. Behavioral treatment and removal of caffeine from the subject's diet eliminated both nocturnal enuresis and anxious behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Dietetics
Helms, Barbara J.; Moore, Stephen C. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
A survey administered to 91 supported employment job coaches and 86 supervisors revealed that confusion exists over what constitutes an aversive intervention versus a nonaversive intervention for persons with disabilities. When asked to rate 20 vignettes describing interventions, respondents' ratings ranged from nonaversive to severely aversive on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitudes, Behavior Modification, Disabilities
Fox, Robert A.; DeShaw, Jeannette M. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
The Milestone Reinforcer Survey was developed to assess reinforcer preferences of adults with mild to profound retardation living in community settings. Psychometric properties of the survey were established with 120 adults. The total reinforcer scores were found to be internally consistent, consistent across raters, and stable over time.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Mental Retardation, Positive Reinforcement
McDonnell, Andrea P. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
This paper reviews the rationale and behavioral interventions commonly used for teaching compliance to individuals with mental retardation and the role of ethics in the use of such interventions. The paper examines issues in deciding whether compliance is an appropriate objective for an individual and whether interventions designed to achieve…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Psychology)
Macfarlane, Christine A.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
The effects of an overcorrection procedure on stereotypic behavior of two students (ages 11 and 12) with severe multiple handicaps were investigated in a cooperative school/home program. Results indicated successful implementation of overcorrection by professionals, paraprofessionals, and parents in both school and home settings. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Elementary Education
Demchak, MaryAnn – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
The article provides a review of behavioral staff training (focusing on antecedent, contingency management, and multi-faceted procedures) in special education settings, primarily institutions. Techniques are discussed according to such criteria as evaluation of staff behavior, changes in client behavior, inclusion of follow-up observations, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons
Powers, Laurie E.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
Three mothers of children (ages 4-9) who had disabilities and exhibited serious behavior management problems were taught child management techniques and planned activities techniques, using in-home coaching and written prompts for use in generalization settings. Results suggested that such training is effective but needs to be individualized.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing, Disabilities
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)
Caouette, Michel; Reid, Greg – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
Three forms of auditory stimulation were compared as reinforcers with 13 severely mentally retarded adults performing a task to promote cardiovascular fitness. Subjects received stimulation if they pedalled at a specified rate above baseline performance. Results indicated that music was an effective reinforcer in promoting continuous work output,…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Modification, Comparative Analysis
Strawbridge, Leigh A.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The article describes a training program which effectively taught a profoundly retarded and blind nine-year-old boy to use a walker. One year follow-up indicated maintenance of treatment gains. Ambulation training was correlated with a significant reduction in stereotypic behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Blindness, Case Studies, Children
Brigham, Frederick J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
Eight public school adolescent students with mild mental retardation and severely disruptive classroom behaviors participated in a cooperative behavior management intervention in which student teams were rewarded for appropriate classroom behavior. Rewarding both teams and individuals was most successful in decreasing inappropriate behavior in all…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
Wheeler, John J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1988
Social skills training and self-monitoring were used to remediate socially inappropriate behaviors of a man with Down Syndrome in a supported competitive employment setting. Social behaviors of the moderately mentally retarded man were improved and maintained over a 38-week period, as trainer support was systematically faded over time. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Downs Syndrome
