Structured interviews with staff compared the extent to which mentally retarded persons participate in society when services are provided through the institutional or integrated organization. Significant differences were found in community participation, with higher levels noted for integrated Ss. (CL)

Examined relationships between age, value of time over both short and long term, perceived time to death, self-perceived activity levels, and estimates of brief time intervals in a sample of older institutionalized males. Time intervals were increasingly underestimated with advancing age, indicating that time units are short with increasing age.…

Following court-ordered programing, more of the 115 profoundly retarded residents judged to be high funtioning gained in social maturity age than individuals from the 92 low funtioning group. Findings suggested that the profound classification of mental retardation is too broad. (CL)

A study of effects of a sex education program on the socio-sexual knowledge of attitude of 83 mildly intellectually handicapped adults revealed that community based know more initially than institutionalized Ss, and all Ss showed an improved knowledge and attitude score after the program compared to control. (Author/CL)

Examined the impact of relocation on the health of chronic care patients (N=45). Results showed relocation had no effect on 13 of 18 health measures. Positive effects were noted among patients who were relatively young, had good morale, and were satisfied with their new surroundings. (JAC)

This study investigated the causal attributions juvenile delinquents make for other's behavior and the salient pieces of information they use to arrive at these attributions. Participants were 82 male juvenile offenders selected through an a priori power analysis, drawn randomly from the population of juveniles incarcerated at a correctional…

A foster care program for children who are mentally retarded is an alternative to institutional placement. A special conviction of Retarded Infants Services (RIS) has been that families with a retarded child should especially be sought as foster families. (CS)

Results showed the incentive condition as superior on percentage of attendance at activities, town passes taken, and days spent out of the hospital, while the interaction condition was superior on nurses' rating scales. (Author)

What librarians have done and are doing to serve the handicapped and institutionalized as well as what they might do in the future are explored. (35 references) (Author/NH)

Eighty orphanage children, 6-10 years old, were matched with children in normal homes and tested for recognition of emotion in speech. Recognition scores were higher for (a) negative than positive emotions, (b) female than male voices, and (c) educated and uneducated speech, though these effects interacted with age. (Author/WY)