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Peer reviewedFuller, Edward H.; Keith, Kenneth D. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Decision Making, Exceptional Child Services, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedMcGavern, Maureen L.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1974
Reported are the results of a questionnaire mailed to all public supported institutions for the mentally retarded regarding the physical arrangement of buildings housing the various IQ levels. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Koppin, Mary K. – 1977
This study proposes a method for reporting findings that combines true positives and true negatives to measure total accuracy of predictions. A retrospective study of dangerous behavior among criminally insane offenders in Colorado confirmed the findings of Cocozza and Steadman (1974) regarding the predictive validity of the Legal Dangerousness…
Descriptors: Criminal Law, Institutionalized Persons, Legal Problems, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedMcCormick, Mark; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedHutt, Max L.; Miller, Lawrence J. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1975
Using the Hutt Adaption of the Bender-Gestalt Test (HABGT), this study explored the test-retest reliability of the scale with forty process schizophrenics over a two week interval. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Motivation Techniques, Personality Measures, Psychological Evaluation
Peer reviewedCressen, Richard – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1975
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Freehand Drawing, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders
Schaeffer, Donald S. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Career Counseling, Hospitals
Simon, Walter B. – Ment Hyg, 1969
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders, Patients, Professional Personnel
Hersen, Michel – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Fear, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Miller, Leonard A.; Perkins Donald E. – Personnel Guidance J, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Emotional Adjustment, Employment, Institutionalized Persons
Hawker, James R.; Keilman, Peggy A. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Learning, Mental Retardation
Download full textFriedman, Paul – 1978
The document reports on five new cases and updates information on 29 previously reported cases regarding mental retardation and the law. Cases are divided into the following categories: classification, commitment, confidentiality, education, employment, protection from harm, sterilization, treatment, and zoning. Listed separately, by the above…
Descriptors: Classification, Confidentiality, Contraception, Court Litigation
National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1979
The 1975 census showed that 2,151 juvenile detention and correctional facilities housed more than 76,000 individuals. There was an increase in facilities administered by government agencies, mainly training schools and group homes. Private facilities served almost exlusively as adjuncts of public ranches or group homes. The rates of juveniles to…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Institutional Characteristics
Grosek, Robert – 1979
Grossman's subjective guidelines for identifying different levels of retardation were translated into a scorable functional behavior checklist and administered to 24 institutionalized mentally retarded Ss (age range 17-to-54 years). The guidelines were arranged into the following seven catagories: self-help skills, physical skills, communication,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Classification
Cyr, J.; Stones, M. J. – 1976
This paper discusses the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the relationship between cognitive abilities and behavioral competencies in elderly institutional residents. The former was assessed by an array of five cognitive measures: two Piagetian tasks, Set Test, WAIS Vocabulary and Digit Span subtests, and the WMS Associate Learning subtest;…
Descriptors: Apathy, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Ability
