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O'Harra, Edwin A. – Teaching Except Children, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Operant Conditioning
Bettison, S.; Garlington, W. – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Inservice Education, Mental Retardation
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
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
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 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 reviewedBraun, Stephen H.; Nawas, M. Mike – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Haring, Norris G. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Described is the program of the Model Preschool Center for Handicapped Children in the Experimental Education Unit at the University of Washington which is currently serving 44 Down's Syndrome children ranging in age from 5 weeks to 5 1/2 years. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Demonstration Programs, Downs Syndrome, Drafting
Brust, D.; And Others – 1974
The Cottage A Ward Behavior Modification Project at the Orient State Institute was designed to implement behavior modification techniques with 67 retarded child residents. Major project objectives included developing self-help skills (such as toilet training); eliminating undesirable behaviors (such as head banging); teaching behavior modification…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Education
Caldwell, Erin Kent; Brooks, Benjamin L.
Reported is a competency based internship program at Western Carolina Center for the Mentally Retarded for undergraduate students in special education at Appalachian State University. Explained are the consumer based approach embodied in applied training programs, the goal of providing practical and reality-based applications of knowledge…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Competency Based Teacher Education, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSailor, Wayne; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conceptual Schemes, Exceptional Child Research, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLuckey, Robert E.; Musick, James K. – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBath, Kent E.; Smith, Stuart A. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
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