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Peer reviewedEyman, R. K.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Individual Characteristics, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedHowell, H. H.; May, A. E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
Results of surveys of resident care practices for mentally retarded persons in Somerset indicated that hostel units were resident-oriented in their care practices, whereas hospital units for severely and profoundly mentally retarded people were institution-oriented. (Author)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Homes, Mental Retardation, Residential Care
Peer reviewedBjaanes, Arne T.; Butler, Edgar W. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Boarding Homes, Community Services, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedRaynes, Norma V.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
The degree of participation in decision making by direct care staff aides, and its effect on the quality of care for mentally handicapped persons, was assessed among 125 staff of 3 state institutions averaging 1080 patients. (BB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Hospital Personnel, Institutional Research
Peer reviewedBricker, William A.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
The study investigated the effect of a videotape instructional routine in combination with contingent application of token reinforcements on attendant child interaction (nine female attendants and five children) in a residential facility for developmentally retarded children. (Author/GW)
Descriptors: Attendants, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Hemming, Heather – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
Two groups of Welsh Ss were video recorded on two occasions: both before and after one group was transferred from standard institutions to residential-style group homes. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Group Homes, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedGrant, G. W. B.; Moores, B. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedFelce, David; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1987
In a replication of a study by Warren and Mondy (1971), staff responses to severely mentally retarded adults (N=90) in institutional units, large community units, and small community houses in the United Kingdom were observed. Staff in small community houses showed a greater level of encouragement of appropriate behavior. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Adults, Attendants, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedReuter, Jeanette; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
Sixty severely or profoundly handicapped young children in a residential treatment center were Ss in a modified time sampled observation study of social behavior, state, and physical context. Although system level changes in the institution's ecology did not appear to affect social interaction indices, the children's developmental ages were…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Infants, Observation, Residential Care
