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Bradtke, Louise M.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1975
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
Johnson, Ronald C.; Abelson, Robert B. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Etiology
Bricker, William A.; Bricker, Diane D. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
McIntosh, Eranell I.; Warren, Sue Allen – Training Sch Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Longitudinal Studies
Stearns, Kathryn; Borkowski, John G. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Penn, Nolan E.; and others – Ment Hyg, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Standards, Criminals, Decision Making
Peer reviewedand others; Hamilton, John – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Females, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Fuller, Gerald B.; Hawkins, William F. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (92d, Boston, Massachusetts, May, 1968).
Descriptors: Age Differences, Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
Download full textLittle (Arthur D.), Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
The volunteer shelter bed program development guidelines in this booklet are offered as a community-based alternative to the institutionalization of status offenders. The volunteer shelter bed program is described as a nonsecure residential alternative for status offenders, which can be implemented without the creation of new facilities or the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Delinquency, Group Dynamics
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1978
The second of a two-part radio program on children in mental institutions presents transcripts of interviews with psychiatrists and emotionally disturbed adolescents. Subjects addressed include use of drugs, behavior modification, music, and theatre therapy in institutions. The transcript concludes with a narrated tour of Sheppard-Pratt, an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Contingency Management
Whelihan, William M. – 1978
Behavior modification and behavior therapy techniques with institutionalized and community elderly are powerful approaches which effect changes in behavior quickly and dramatically, and are particularly useful because they involve total staff or family members in their implementation. Unlike psychotropic medications, behavioral approaches do not…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies
Carlson, Lisa – 1979
The paper reports a project to create a play environment to discourage undesirable behaviors and encourage exploratory play behavior in severely and profoundly retarded institutional residents. It is explained that in addition to information gained from past experience, input from parents, direct-care staff, professionals, maintenance personnel,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Tidwell, Romeria; Berry, Gordon L. – 1978
Attitudes held by incarcerated youthful offenders are identified as they relate to friends and social relationships, relationships to communities and their agents of authority, club and gang participation, work and leisure time activities, family relationships and responsibilities, and educational and school goals. The investigation served as a…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Counselor Training, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1979
The papers from three 1979 Congressional hearings examine the abuse and neglect of children, both handicapped and nonhandicapped, in foster homes and institutions. Thirty-two prepared statements are included by representatives of such agencies as the Children's Defense Fund; San Francisco Child Abuse Council; Child Welfare League of America;…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Children
KONOPKA, GISELA – 1965
THE DIFFICULTIES OF BEGINNING TREATMENT FOR EDUCATION WITH ADOLESCENTS BEFORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ARE PREPARED ARE DISCUSSED. THREE PREREQUISITES TO COMMUNICATION--LISTENING, OBSERVING, EMPATHIZING--ARE PRESENTED. OBSTACLES TO COMMUNICATION IN THE HELPING ADULT INCLUDE PRE-OCCUPATION WITH ONE'S OWN WORLD, EGO INVOLVEMENT, FAILURE TO…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)
