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Some Issues in Staff Training and Improvement.
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Morch, Willy-Tore; Eikeseth, Svein – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Staff members (n=152) assigned to 76 clients with moderate to severe mental retardation in Norway received training in behaviorally oriented treatment and assessment. Results did not support the hypothesis that training in treatment and assessment would produce greater improvement in client behavior than would training in treatment alone.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Engagement in Meaningful Activity and "Active Support" of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Residential Care.
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Mansell, Jim; Elliott, Teresa; Beadle-Brown, Julie; Ashman, Bev; Macdonald, Susan – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
Forty-nine adults with severe intellectual disabilities in 13 small staffed homes in England were evaluated for their participation in meaningful activities and adaptive behavior. Residents of homes which implemented the "active support" model of care showed significantly increased engagement in meaningful activities and adaptive…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Foreign Countries, Group Homes
Teaching Moderately Mentally Retarded Children Basic Reading Skills.
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Hoogeveen, Frans R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
Four moderately mentally retarded students, aged 8-13, were instructed in a basic skills reading program which emphasized a phonemic alphabet, pictorial cueing, and stimulus manipulation techniques. The training improved the Dutch students' ability to read one- and two-syllable words, and was generalizable to untrained words of the same…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools