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Peer reviewedSeys, Daniel M.; Duker, Pieter C. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1986
Effects of scheduled activities versus scheduled activities and supervision on staff-mentally retarded residents' interactions were investigated. Results showed that a supervision package added to scheduled activities produces a statistically significant decrease in the time that ward staff spent on custodial care as well as off-task and an…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Interaction, Mental Retardation, Staff Role
Peer reviewedMeile, Richard L. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Institutional Administration, Institutional Personnel, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBersani, Henry A., Jr.; Heifetz, Louis J. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1985
Potential sources of stress and satisfaction perceived by 83 direct-care staff members in community residences for mentally retarded adults were investigated. Results indicated that stress and satisfaction are not polar opposites but two largely separate dimensions of workers' experiences. Sources of satisfaction and stress had two components,…
Descriptors: Adults, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Personnel
Peer reviewedBailey, Donald B., Jr.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1983
The paper describes a scale to measure individual participation in interdisciplinary team meetings based on data from an observational study of team meetings at a residential institution for severely and profoundly mentally retarded persons. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Participation, Residential Institutions, Severe Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedRepp, Alan C.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1983
Observational data collected on 50 severely/profoundly retarded adolescents revealed that subjects received almost no individual staff member attention; that subjects interacted or were in close proximity with other subjects approximately 54 percent of the time; and that the group size or composition has less relationship to the subjects' behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedSarata, Brian P. V. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Exceptional Child Research, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSilver, Ellen Johnson; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1984
Direct-care and professional staff serving profoundly and multiply disabed persons in small community settings or in a large specialty hospital generally expressed positive attitudes regarding jobs and resident care. Staff members who worked with the most disabled residents did not differ from employees serving profoundly but relatively less…
Descriptors: Attendants, Attitudes, Community Programs, Hospitals
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 reviewedLandesman-Dwyer, Sharon; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
The daily behavior of 240 mentally retarded adult residents and 75 staff members was analyzed in relation to facility size (ranging from 6 to 20 residents) and other environmental variables. Staff behavior was remarkably homogeneous and generally unrelated to facility characteristics. In contrast, resident behavior differed significantly across…
Descriptors: Adults, Community, Environmental Influences, Group Behavior
