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Guess, Doug; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
State conditions and environmental variables were measured over a 5-hour period for 25 students (ages 3-21) with profound and multiple handicaps. Results showed the presence of state sequence patterns, short state change periods, and a relatively small amount of association between specific behavior states and environmental factors and events.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Fixed Sequence
Guess, Doug; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1990
Two studies with 50 students (ages 1 to 21) with severe, profound, and multiply handicapping conditions examined similarities and differences in behavior state conditions. Among findings were that profile groups could be identified by behavior state patterns and that students spent an average of 42 percent of classroom time in state conditions not…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Disabilities
Download full textGuess, Doug; And Others – 1993
This investigation analyzed information pertaining to behavior states and their relationship to numerous environmental, physiological, and demographic variables and events. The 66 participants ranged in age from 1 to 21 years and were classified as having profound and multiple disabilities, with developmental ages that ranged to 24 months.…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Behavior Patterns, Children, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedStough, Laura M.; Baker, Lynn – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Offers guidelines to teachers for identifying depression in students with mental retardation. Discusses prevalence and symptoms of depression, causes of depression, difficulty of diagnosis in students with mental retardation, detecting symptoms in the classroom, treatment of depression, and psychological services. Inserts list ideas for helping…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Disability Identification
McCarthy, Robert E.; Bakaitis, Patricia – 1975
Evaluated were the effects of music therapy sessions on the behavior of approximately 300 moderately retarded, physically handicapped and multiply handicapped students. Data on attentive behavior and disruptive behavior were recorded by 37 special education teachers, 25 instructional aides and one principal who were trained to observe and record…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Deaf-Blind Perspectives, 1994
This document consists of the first three issues of a new newsletter concerning people who are deaf-blind. Issues present substantive articles, news on technical assistance in various areas, book reviews, and conference information. The following articles are included: (1) "Rationale for Editorial Policy on Terminology" (John W. Reiman),…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Clearinghouses, Communication Skills
