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Talman, Lena; Stier, Jonas; Wilder, Jenny; Gustafsson, Christine – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Participation is the goal of Swedish disability policy, but it is difficult to achieve for adults with profound intellectual (and multiple) disabilities (PI(M)D). Since these adults are dependent on others in every aspect of their lives, others control their ability to participate in everyday life decisions. This study used observations, analyzed…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Participation, Models, Civil Rights
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Zijlstra, H. P.; Vlaskamp, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Information on the duration, frequency and content of leisure activities for persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) in residential facilities during weekends was not available. Method: The project was carried out in 2003 and included seven facilities. Interviews were held with direct support professionals…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Leisure Time, Institutionalized Persons, Recreational Activities
Bluestone, Michael A. – 1983
A deaf, profoundly retarded institutionalized 20-year-old, who engaged in mattress ripping, was required to participate in forced practice behavioral training. Repeatedly physically guided through ripping mattresses, he was given the aversive consequence of a squirt of tabasco sauce solution. After 5 weeks of intensive behavioral training and a 3…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Deafness, Institutionalized Persons
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Chapman, Ann Head; Cooper, Eugene B. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
Rogow, Sally M. – 1978
The paper reviews problems and challenges in serving blind children in mental retardation facilities. Incidence figures for institutionalized blind multiply handicapped children are cited, and problems of assessing such residents are seen to include uneven development and lack of standardized evaluation measures. The impact of ward management and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Incidence, Institutionalized Persons, Institutions
Crews, W. David, Jr.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1994
Examination of 1,273 individuals with mental retardation in a Virginia residential institution revealed that 15.55% also had psychiatric disorders. Males had a higher prevalence than females; individuals with mild retardation had higher rates than those with other levels of retardation. Prevalence rates are provided for specific disorders by level…
Descriptors: Incidence, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders, Mental Retardation
Cunningham, Peter J.; Mueller, Curt D. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
Analysis of data for 3,266 individuals from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey found that residents of state institutions were more severely retarded and more often multiple disabled than were residents of other types of residential facilities. Relatively more persons with severe impairments resided in state facilities in states where…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Placement
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Cleland, Charles C.; Sluyter, Gary V. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Heterogeneous Grouping, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Talkington, Larry W. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1972
Twelve blind retarded adolescents residing in a public institution for the mentally retarded participated in a 12-week project that sought to develop and implement a program focusing on stimulus behavior and motivation. (CB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Smeets, Paul M. – Training School Bulletin, 1972
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Patterns, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Cantu, Eduardo S.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
The cytogenetic survey of 67 individuals previously identified as having mental retardation and autistic behaviors revealed only 1.5 percent with the fragile X chromosome. The finding suggests that most persons with fragile X syndrome do not have autistic behaviors severe enough to be identified as a secondary psychiatric diagnosis. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Congenital Impairments, Genetics
Moore, Ernest J., II; and others – J Speech Hearing Disor, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairments, Institutionalized Persons
Jones, Michael L.; And Others – Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, 1984
Research conducted in an institutional living environment during times when program activities were minimal and clients were typically inactive showed that empirically based toy selection, construction, and modification, and environmental engineering to ensure convenient and constant material availability increased Ss' active engagement with toys.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Environmental Influences, Institutionalized Persons, Intervention
Rodden, Hannah – New Outlook Blind, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Institutional Schools, Institutionalized Persons
Wacker, David P. – Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped (JASH), 1981
Six diagnostic tasks of two choice discrimination skills were used to assess 32 hearing impaired/mentally handicapped adults residing in a state institution. Two tasks measured sign discrimination skill, two measured visual discrimination, and two measured motor discrimination. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Institutionalized Persons
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