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Absence of Intervention Training Programs: Effects Upon Institutionalized Retardates, Part II: Selected Cases with Minimal Behavioral Disturbance.
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Naor, Ellen M.; Balthazar, Earl E. – 1973
Fourteen institutionalized profoundly retarded Ss (seven females, median age 20 years, and seven males, median age 10 years) who received no intervention training program were assesed on the Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior (BSAB), Sections I and II, to determine whether the Ss' spontaneous social coping behavior would improve as a result of…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Competence
Absence of Intervention Training Programs: Effects Upon the Severely and Profoundly Retarded, Part I: Selected Cases of Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances.
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Balthazar, Earl E.; And Others – 1973
Fifteen institutionalized profoundly retarded Ss, median age 7 years, who received no intervention training program, were assessed on the Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior (BSAB), Sections I and II to determine whether social coping behavior would improve spontaneous maturation during a 6-month period. The Ss were recommended by nursing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Children, Exceptional Child Research
The Program Planning Paradigm: Application to the Area of Functional Independence
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Naor, Ellen M.; Balthazar, Earl E. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Reported was the use of a paradigm for systematic program planning, evaluation, and development as illustrated by data from a study designed to develop the self-help skills of 119 severely retarded institutionalized individuals (ages 6 to 50 years). (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Some Correlates of Language Deterioration in Severely and Profoundly Retarded One-Term Institutionalized Residents.
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Phillips, Jerri Linn; Balthazar, Earl E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
Progress or deterioration in language use was observed in two samples (one of 59 Ss, the other of 20 Ss) of severely retarded institutionalized residents (mean age 14.8 years). (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
A System for the Social Classification of the More Severely Mentally Retarded
Balthazar, Earl E.; English, George E. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Exceptional Child Research
A Factorial Study of Unstructured Ward Behaviors
Balthazar, Earl E.; English, George E. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Scalar Techniques for Program Evaluation with the Severely Mentally Retarded
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Balthazar, Earl E.; Stevens, Harvey A. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Paper presented at the Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency (1st, Montpellier, France, September 16, 1967).
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
The Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior. Measures of Program Development for the Severely and Profoundly Mentally Retarded. Section 1. Skills of Functional Independence. Part Three: Program Scoring Form.
Balthazar, Earl E. – 1971
The scoring form for functional independence skills for the mentally retarded includes a section for recording subjects' demographic characteristics as well as tests used, date administered, and raw score. Other sections provide for a brief description of the program being used, an item scoring sheet for the Eating Scales (dependent feeding,…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Demography, Handicapped Children, Institutionalized Persons
Behavioral Changes in Eating Skills in Severely and Profoundly Mentally Retarded Groups.
Balthazar, Earl E.; And Others – 1970
An attempt was made to develop programs to improve eating behaviors, with a secondary emphasis on dressing and toileting skills, in profoundly and severely mentally retarded subjects. The purpose was to modify and improve the eating behaviors of institutionalized individuals and to systematically measure changes in these behaviors. The subjects…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Objectives, Eating Habits
Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior for the Profoundly and Severely Mentally Retarded. A System for Program Evaluation and Development. Section 1: The Scales of Functional Independence. Part Four: Workshop and Training Manual.
Balthazar, Earl E. – 1971
This manual discusses general training procedures and describes the workshop method for the functional independence scales of the Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior (BSAB). General training procedures include guidelines for self-instruction for the professional or assistant, instructor and special equipment required. The suggested workshop…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Eating Habits, Guidelines