A collection of writings by 17 authors, the text includes the following discussions: general principles of diagnosis and management of mental retardation, neurologic evaluation of the infant and child, psychological evaluation, educational information, and treatment of pseudoretardation, communicative disorders, and metabolic and endocrine causes.…

The report provides statistical data useful to persons responsible for providing special education and related supportive services in Illinois for the mentally retarded and the emotionally disturbed. The data concern children and adolescents in these categories, aged 5-20 years, who are receiving special education services primarily in Department…

This teaching manual, which was developed by a specialist in corrections, contains three teaching units based on a conceptual approach to a field of social work practice. Three variables--social problem, social task, and service system--determine the nature of a field of social work practice. Teaching Unit I, The Problem in Social Functioning,…

Statistics of mental illness in Maryland are provided in the areas of diagnostic distribution of admissions and resident patients, size and nature of patient population, percentage change in daily cost per patient, employee-patient ratios, length of hospitalization, diagnostic treatment trends, patient mortality, and Baltimore's specific problems…

To investigate the effects of goal setting upon the spelling performance of educable mentally retarded male adolescents, comparisons were made between institutionalized and non-institutionalized subjects on the effects of goal setting and of task difficulty upon performance. A pilot study developed appropriate educational tasks for use in later…

Described photographically and textually in the brochure are the educational, vocational, and social needs of deaf mentally retarded (DMR) children and adults. The DMR person is discussed in relation to the double handicap which precludes educational benefits from a traditional program, secondary problems such as visual handicaps, and incidence…

This document outlines (with diagrams) the research design, measurement techniques and experimental methods used in the second year of a study of child care institutions in Georgia. The purpose of the project was to experiment with different methods of achieving change towards community-oriented care in children's institutions. A related document…

Aftercare is an interdisciplinary program which extends comprehensive service to emotionally disturbed children and their families following the child's discharge from residential treatment. (Author/BD)

Behavior checklist and sociometric data on emotionally disturbed children in residential treatment were correlated. Behaviors found to relate significantly (and negatively) with sociometric status pertained to physical and verbal aggression and intrusive acts. A smaller group of items of a less interpersonal nature also significantly correlated…

The present study developed a timeout procedure that did not require removal of the misbehaver from the learning environment and applied the procedure to the disruptive behaviors of five severely retarded children (8 to 18 years old). (Author/SBH)

The perceptions of feelings within the families of 9 to 13-year-old boys were studied to determine the sensitivity of the Family Relations Test (FRT) in discriminating between inpatients, outpatients, and normal controls. Results indicate that the FRT can make only quantitative differentiations between clinical and normal samples of boys.…

Structured group interaction, through an emphasis on pre-group structuring, didactic presentations, experiential learning, and evaluation, provides a flexible approach to achieving a variety of goals while compensating for many problem characteristics of an aged institutionalized population. Limitations and hazards involved in the approach are…

The authors present three interrelated problems facing correctional administrators in developing healthy employment and career development programs for the adult offender: (a) socioeconomic status of the offender; (b) general failure of typical educational and counseling programs; (c) the criminal label attached to the ex-offender. (Author)

Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. The effect of a differential reinforcement procedure alone was compared with the use of verbal prompts plus differential reinforcement in reducing deviant social behavior of an institutionalized retarded male (28 years old). (IM)

Described is a vocational habilitation model in which five mentally retarded institutionalized adolescents and adults served as community volunteers within a nonprofit organization. (CL)