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And Others; Rollings, J. Paul – Behavior Modification, 1977
Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. Overcorrection procedures were used with two severely retarded males (21 and 35 years old) to suppress stereotyped movements. (IM)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Inhibition, Mental Retardation
Fiorelli, Joseph S.; Thurman, S. Kenneth – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979
The study examined the behavior of four retarded adults before and after moving from an institution to community living arrangements. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Community Programs, Group Homes
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Strain, Phillip S.; Pierce, James E. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
This study examined effects of social praise on attentive behavior of reinforced and nonreinforced children. Two pairs of mentally retarded preschool boys served as subjects. Results revealed that intervention procedure increased the attentive behavior of the target subjects and nonreinforced subjects also increased their attentive behavior during…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Behavior Change, Handicapped Children
Baldwin, Norman F. – 1978
Seventy mildly to severely mentally retarded adults living in group homes and apartments throughout Pennsylvania were evaluated with an instrument to assess adaptive behavior (Assessment of Basic Competence Scale) on two occasions separated by a 6-month interval. Prior to the initial assessment, direct-service staff participated in a 4-day…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Behavior Change, Community Programs
Graebner, Oliver E.; And Others – 1970
Eight papers report on the project at Austin State School, funded by a Hospital Improvement (HIP) grant, which used a multidisciplinary team to implement socialization programs for institutionalized mildly retarded persons exhibiting socially inept behavior. Two papers consider social rehabilitation and the task of trying to move residents out…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
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Busch, John Christian; Osborne, William Larry – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
The effects of reinforcement on four different intelligence test measures for 72 trainable mentally retarded children was investigated. The Lorge-Thorndike Vocabulary, WISC Arithmetic, Picture Arrangement, and Comprehension subtests were administered. Reinforced administration resulted in superior performance on all but the Comprehension test.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Change, Children, Intelligence Tests
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Schinke, Steven P.; Wong, Stephen E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Institutes (Training Programs), Mental Retardation
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Gladstone, Bruce W.; Spencer, Christopher J. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1977
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Counselor Training, Mental Retardation
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Cohen, Howard; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
An exploratory investigation was conducted of the impact of interinstitutional relocation on 92 mentally retarded residents (ranging in age from 10 to 42 years). (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Miller, Ted L. – Environmental Psychology and Nonverbal Behavior, 1978
A behavioral setting termed "free time" was identified in the day room of an institution for the retarded. The behavioral mapping technique was used to record behavior and spatial use within this setting. During treatment patients engaged in active and socially involved behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Environmental Research
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Grinnell, Jr., Richard M.; Lieberman, Alice – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Examined the most effective usage of videotape in job interview skill training for 24 mentally retarded young adults utilizing the microcounseling model of instruction. Data revealed the microcounseling model is most effective with the two skill areas of eye contact and body posture regardless of the method of videotape utilization. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Employment Interviews, Mental Retardation, Microcounseling
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And Others; Marholin, David, II – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1979
Behaviors exhibited by five institutionalized severely retarded adults were formally observed while they were on and off medication. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Drug Therapy, Institutionalized Persons
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Schroeder, Stephen R.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1978
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Followup Studies, Incidence
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Trace, Michael W.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1977
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Mental Retardation
Fischer, Margaret – 1979
The study evaluated the effectiveness of an electric vibrator on the deceleration and/or extinction of 10 self abusive and aberrant behaviors in a profoundly retarded, nonambulatory 25 year old female who could not hear, see, or speak. At the end of 41 twenty minute sessions, seven of the target behaviors approached extinction and three were…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
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