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Final Report of the Bawnmore Personal Development Programme: Staff Attitudes and Sexuality Programme Development in an Irish Service Organisation for People with Mental Handicap.
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Toomey, John F. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993
This paper reports on evaluation of a sex education program (the Bawnmore Personal Development Programme) and staff training for Irish individuals with mental handicap. Results indicate the need for attitude change among staff and administration toward sex education and a need for structural change in staffing arrangements to facilitate such…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Program Development
The Behavioral and Social Ecology of Community Houses.
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Felce, David; Repp, Alan – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Small community homes in England for severely and profoundly mentally retarded adults are described and compared to institutional settings and larger community units. The small homes were found to produce beneficial client functioning and high levels of staff/client interaction. The paper concludes that interaction effects are possibly more…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Ecology
Caregiver Perceptions of Psychotropic Medication in Residential Facilities.
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Aman, Michael G.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
Analysis of 227 questionnaire responses concerning opinions and knowledge of psychotropic drugs of direct caregivers in two New Zealand public residential facilities for the retarded indicated a preference for subjective assessment of drug effects, endorsement of behavior modification as an alternative to pharmacotherapy, and dissatisfaction with…
Descriptors: Attendants, Drug Therapy, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level
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
Institutional Reform--Prerequisites for Providing a Life of Quality for Mentally Retarded Residents.
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Reiter, Shunit – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This paper describes institutional reforms implemented at Kfar Tikvah, an Israeli community for 126 moderately mentally retarded individuals. The process of changing to the organizational structure used in the kibbutz system is examined through descriptions of reforms in everyday life, social life, and work and economic independence. (JDD)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Employment, Foreign Countries
Parents of Children and Adolescents with Severe Mental Retardation: Stress, Family Resources, Normalization, and Their Application for Out-of-Home Placement.
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Rimmerman, A.; Duvdevani, I. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This study examined out-of-home applications of 88 Israeli parents who had children with severe mental retardation. Five predictors had significant correlations with parental application: high parental stress, less social support, favorable attitudes toward normalization, low family environment score, and the child being of adolescent age.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Family Environment