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Peer reviewedKreger, Kenneth C. – Mental Retardation, 1971
Reduction of environmental stress by altering utilization of living space and increase in availability of varieties of sensory stimulation were successful in improving severe behavioral problems of institutionalized profoundly and severely retarded adults. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Environmental Influences, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedBerry, Janet; And Others – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Describes a cognitively based environment treatment approach for group home juvenile delinquents based on Eliminating Self-Defeating Behavior Theory (ESDB). Outlines seven self-defeating behaviors initially developed as coping mechanisms. Discusses results of ESDB as a treatment milieu. (RC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Coping
