Observations of two groups of severely and profoundly retarded children (6-14 years old, n=28) residing in a state institution were carried out to determine what naturally occurring environmental events appear to control the children's behavior. After observing the children from Ward A in two settings, and the children from Ward B in three…

Two educable mentally retarded institutionalized adolescents were taught two classes of four symbols each through visual match-to-sample training in an investigation of transfer in paired associate learning. (Author/CL)

In the juvenile institution discussed in this paper, 15 youths are committed to sexual exploitation of weaker inmates. These "booty bandits" are older, black youths from the ghetto who avoid emotional involvement with their victims and merely use them for their own physical release. (Author)

Examines some of the difficulties encountered when elderly married couples apply for admission to an institution. (HMV)

Progress or deterioration in language use was observed in two samples (one of 59 Ss, the other of 20 Ss) of severely retarded institutionalized residents (mean age 14.8 years). (Author/PHR)

Spatial egocentrism and its relationships to discrimination ability and communicative egocentrism were investigated in a sample of 80 adult males from a single institutional setting. Significant effects of order of task presentation indicated that the experimental procedure influenced performance on the spatial and communicative egocentrism and…

Two severely retarded institutionalized children (4 and 7 years old) who exhibited high rates of severely self-injurious behaviors were punished with aromatic ammonia inhalation on a response-contingent basis. (Author/SBH)

Data gathered from interviews with 18 persons leaving a residential institution for the mentally retarded and entering independent living indicated such levels of adjustment and functioning as the following: the majority were fully employed as middle-income working persons, all were adept at using public transportation, and almost all would rather…

Various methodologies place the number of elderly retarded Americans between 50,000 and 315,000 persons. The literature surveyed by the author indicates that the retarded experience the aging process similarly to the nonretarded population, can adapt to the nursing-home environment, and will become a greater social concern in the future. (Author)

Reviews the research on admission to and discharge from mental hospitals and finds support for the hypothesis that social variables shape psychiatric decisions about mental patients. Proposes a behavioral theory to account for this. (Author/AM)

This paper describes the observations and experiences of a graduate student employed as a nurse's aide in a home for the aged. The difficulties encountered in attempting to apply traditional psychological methodology are discussed, and detailed anecdotal reports on individual cases are presented. (GO)

Iowa state hospital schools for the mentally handicapped in Glenwood and Woodward are being renovated to make them as noninstitutional as possible in order to help more residents learn to live normal lives away from the institutions. (Author/MLF)

Describes a public library outreach program for institutionalized senior citizens, including the rationale, local environment, management of the program, and individual literacy discussion sessions. The many positive results both to the participants and to the library are described. An annotated list of materials tested in several group situations…