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Sandler, Allen G.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1985
Behavioral changes among seven adolescents with severe handicaps after moving to more normalized environments, were compared with changes among matched Ss remaining in an institution. After six months, experimental Ss made significantly greater gains in group maintenance and in the nongoal-oriented behavior subcategory of sitting. Greater change…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedBledsoe, Nancy; Lutz-Ponder, Patricia – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1986
Presents goals, types of groups, and unique issues and considerations related to group counseling with nursing home residents. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Objectives, Counseling Services, Group Counseling, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedGregory, Sarah J.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1983
Examined the effects of prior practice on the Set Test (ST), a test of verbal fluency, in 30 geriatric patients assigned to specific or nonspecific practice groups or a control. Results showed a significant improvement for the practice groups from days 1 to 2. (JAC)
Descriptors: Gerontology, Institutionalized Persons, Older Adults, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedMoores, Brian; Grant, G. W. B. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Exceptional Child Research, Expectation
Peer reviewedTizard, Barbara; Rees, Judith – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Environment
Peer reviewedSwitzky, Harvey N. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
The relationship between training history and the distinctiveness of stimulus cues in original learning and in transfer on the learning of intradimensional and extradimensional shifts by 96 adult institutionalized, retarded Ss was investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Learning Processes
Delp, Harold A.; Smeets, Paul M. – Training School Bulletin, 1973
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Language Ability, Language Tests
Peer reviewedBerry, Franklin M.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Psychological Reports, 1973
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Paired Associate Learning, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedWeaver, L. A.; Ravaris, C. L. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1972
Compared were psychomotor test battery scores of 272 institutionalized retarded subjects and 1500 mentally ill institutionalized patients ranging in age from approximately 10 to 60 years. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedLevison, Robert L.; And Others – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1972
A pilot sutdy was conducted at a federal correctional institution to determine the extent to which personality factors, as measured by the MMPI, were related to work release success. The results indicated that only one MMPI scale (Pa) was significantly related to an inmate's success in the work release program. (Author)
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Individual Characteristics, Institutionalized Persons, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedSocial Work, 1972
The author discusses the neglect and deprivation common in State institutions for the mentally retarded and cites programs and legislation undertaken to alleviate the problem. (BY)
Descriptors: Facilities, Institutional Administration, Institutional Role, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedMennerick, Lewis A. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1972
A comparison is made between traditional schools and the school in a county jail and how the jail school copes with a situation in which there is external control over (1) when its students arrive and how long they stay, and (2) what kinds and how many students there are. (Author)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Job Training, Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedBonfield, Reggie – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Intelligence Tests, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedConrad, John J. – Journal of the Association for the Study of Perception, 1972
A study of the delinquent subculture in large institutions; neither history nor current recidivism rates confirm that any change in the attitudes and values which cause deviant behavioral manifestations take place as a result of purely negative experiences. (Author)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior, Identification, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedOverton, G. William; Scott, Keith G. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Administration, Institutionalized Persons, Intelligence Tests, Mental Retardation
