Counseling parents of institutionalized adolescents and adults should address basic problems of parental overestimation of the child's impairment, anxiety regarding future community placement, and apprehension about the alternatives to community placement. Characteristic parental responses to their son's or daughter's placement in less restrictive…

Reported is a survey of state institutions for the mentally handicapped in which information about hearing imparied mentally handicapped HI/MH persons was solicited. Existing data on hearing impairment and mental retardation, its diagnosis and related programing are reviewed briefly. It is explained that 158 of 212 surveyed institutions (75…

The separate and comparative effectiveness of two procedures, remote auditory prompting (RAP) and videotape self-monitoring (VSM), for training 14 adult aides to use behavior modification with institutionalized retarded children were examined. A two-group, multiple baseline design with baseline, training, and followup phases was employed with…

Fifty-two institutionalized mentally handicapped children (average CA of 12 years) were engaged in a study attempting to determine whether there are ordinal dependencies in various scales of developmental milestones or supra-structural behaviors in language, and if so, the degree to which hierarchical levels within given categories serve as…

A three-unit contingency record of the types of mands (instructions, commands, directions, and questions) presented, the classes of response evoked, and the consequent conditions for the responses was used in an observational study of "mand interactions" between supervisors and employees of four groups: nonretarded adolescents living and…

This study examined the occurrence of high and low risk self-disclosure in 12 therapy groups. Eight groups were conducted for clients served by a community mental health center on an out-patient basis, and four groups were composed of extremely maladjusted in-patient clients at a state hospital. The Group Interaction Profile, an instrument which…

A follow up study of graduates from a vocational rehabilitation program, in a residential training center for the mentally handicapped, was conducted. Characteristics of the students, economic benefits, changes in level of functioning, need for additional services, student attitudes toward the in-hospital program, and parental attitudes toward the…

The handbook on residential institutions, for professionals and students in the field of mental retardation, attempts to interpret the institution as a part of the culture which it serves, avoiding emotional responses but suggesting formulas for change. Characteristics of contemporary institutions for the mentally retarded are examined and…

This book reports on an experiment in literacy which was carried out at the federal correctional institution in Milan, Michigan. Contents include: an introduction by Daniel N. Fader, "Walden's Bookshop," a discussion of a prison library; "The Milan Library: A History of Inmate Involvement"; "Literature and the…

Each of the 2 studies included in this report concerns a different aspect of utilizing volunteers as mental health workers. The first used a behavioral assessment technique (the Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits [GAIT]) to measure the qualities of understanding, openness and accepting-warmth in college students. Subsequently, these students…

The study investigated arithmetic achievement and attitude changes of five institutionalized emotionally disturbed children, age 7 to 11 years. The children participated in a diagnostic teaching program involving diagnosis of mathematics skills and instruction based upon the diagnosis. Emphasized were mathematical patterns, manipulation of…

Reported was a behavior therapy program emphasizing language training for 20 autistic children who variously exhibited apparent sensory deficit, severe affect isolation, self stimulatory behavior, mutism, echolalic speech, absence of receptive speech and social and self help behaviors, and self destructive tendencies. The treatment emphasized…

The fourth in a series of four booklets on residential programing for mentally retarded persons aims at providing parents with basic information on the operational aspects of institutions so that they can form realistic strategies for implementing change. Negative attitudes of direct care, professional, and administrative staff toward innovative…

This paper is an exploration into the multiple levels and dimensions of the familiar reactions to former mental patients. A form of the Incomplete Sentence Blank Test (ISB) is presented as an instrument to reach beyond the unidimensional restrictions of standard measures, which tend to ask respondents about abstract, hypothetical implications and…

This article reviews correctional treatment at the Wisconsin State Reformatory where a program of behavior training was instituted. An explanation of the psychological principles upon which the program is based and an example of the model program for problem drinkers is offered. Feedback and future innovations are also added. (MML)