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Peer reviewedCrawford, Jeffrey L. – Mental Retardation, 1980
The paper describes an automated behavioral rehabilitation system for mentally retarded persons, designed to help staff implement the clinical process. The system consists of three components: client assessment, treatment selection, and treatment plan documentation. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Computer Oriented Programs, Management Systems, Mental Retardation
O'Harra, Edwin A. – Teaching Except Children, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Operant Conditioning
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
Bettison, S.; Garlington, W. – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Inservice Education, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedWatson, Luke S., Jr. – Mental Retardation, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Role, Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Personnel
Peer reviewedCaccamo, James M. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Described is a Kansas City (Missouri) clinic's program of providing mentally retarded clients with behavior modification services. (DB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Change, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation
Montgomery, Jacqueline; McBurney, Raymond D. – 1970
Described is an Operant Conditioning-Token Economy Program, teaching patients to be responsible for their own behavior, to make choices, and to be motivated to change. The program was instigated with mentally ill patients in a state hospital and was later used with institutionalized mentally handicapped groups. After two years, only four of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Download full textBall, Thomas S., Ed. – 1969
Seven articles treat the establishment of operant conditioning programs for the mentally retarded at Pacific State Hospital in California. Emphasis is on the administrative rather than the demonstration of research aspects of operant conditioning programs. Following an introduction and overview, the medical director's point of view on operant…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Behavior Change, Institutions
Swan, Rosaleen – Journal of Practical Approaches to Developmental Handicap, 1977
Described is the program provided by Behavior Management Services, an agency designed to help parents of retarded children with problem behaviors. Available from: Journal of Practical Approaches to Developmental Handicap, 3304-33rd Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2L 2A6. (SBH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management
Peer reviewedRoberts, Carl L.; Perry, Robert M. – Mental Retardation, 1970
A description of a program of behavior modification using principles of operant conditioning on residents at a mental retardation institution. (RD)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Exceptional Child Education, Institutionalized Persons
Schmiedlin, James P. – Bureau Memorandum, 1975
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedOlofsson, Gunilla; Karan, Orv. C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1976
The present case study describes a toilet training program planned, developed, and implemented within a sheltered workshop. The client was a severely retarded woman for whom incontinence had been a life-long problem. The ease with which the program was carried out recommends its use with similar client problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedTalkington, Larry; Watters, Lenore – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Educational Planning, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedPeterson, Rolf A.; McIntosh, Eranell I. – Mental Retardation, 1973
A pedaling training program was devised for eight children (3-to 8-years-old) of varying degrees of retardation. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedChristian, Walter P.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Adults, Attendants, Behavior Change, Eating Habits
