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Download full textNevid, Jeffrey S.; Morrison, James K. – 1976
A humanistic ideology which emphasizes self-determination, self-reliance, and personal responsibility in decision making, is congruent with the goal of community psychiatry to integrate the ex-institutionalized psychiatric client in the community. The following applications of this ideology in a small community mental health center are described:…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems
Heller, Tamar – 1980
This paper reviews the research of the effects of involuntary residential relocation on the personal adjustment of institutionalized individuals, i.e., the institutionalized elderly, mentally ill, and mentally retarded. Discrepant findings in studies of involuntary relocation are discussed in terms of the transferees' personal characteristics, the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Ecology, Emotional Adjustment
LEPORE, ALBERT R.; WILSON, JACK D. – 1958
THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND YEAR (1957-58) OF AN EXPERIMENT IN OPEN CIRCUIT INSTRUCTIONAL TV ARE REPORTED. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO COMPARE PERFORMANCES AND ATTITUDES OF 3 GROUPS OF STUDENTS--(1) TV INSTRUCTION AT HOME, (2) TV INSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS, (3) CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER TEACHING METHODS, DISCUSSION,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, College Curriculum, College Students
Hinterkopf, Elfie; Brunswick, Les – 1979
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of teaching mental patients to use client-centered and experiential therapeutic skills with each other. To determine whether these skills could be learned, the 42 patients were pretested and posttested using the Hinterkopf-Brunswick Talker and Helper Rating Scales. The patients were randomly…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Brooks, George W.; Weaver, Lelon A., Jr. – 1966
A battery of four psychomotor tests was developed and evaluated as a measure of the potential of mental patients of varying diagnoses for rehabilitation training. The tests were to be suitable for administration and interpretation by non-professional level technicians. The relationship between performance on the 5 days of tests and patient outcome…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1974
Provided in the first of four booklets on citizen advocacy for the mentally retarded is a general introduction to the concept. Advocacy is defined and traditional approaches including institutional practices are reviewed. The individual advocate-protege relationship is seen to be the central feature of the citizen advocacy model serving mentally…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Advocacy, Civil Liberties, Community Resources
Jaffe, Sanford – 1976
This report provides an account of public-interest law firm activities supported by the Ford Foundation. Public interest law is a phrase that describes efforts aimed at providing legal representation for underrepresented interests in the legal process. The report is arranged into four major sections. The first section, on the evolution of the…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Courts
Mondale, Walter F. – 1972
On December 9, 1970, Senator Walter F. Mondale addressed the Senate on this nation's failure to meet the needs of its children and the need to implement the recommendations of the 1970 White House Conference on Children. Speaking a week before the first meeting of the 1970 conference, he reviewed a series of preliminary forum reports which contain…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
Hall, Leon; And Others – 1974
This issue of Inequality in Education deviates from the usual format of in-depth discussion of a particular topic to include reports on a variety of significant issues in education-law. Leon Hall summarizes the numerous experiences he has had with Southern desegregated schools and students and relates his conclusions about how desegregation is…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Discipline Policy, Educational Opportunities, Educational Problems
Keilitz, Ingo; And Others – 1972
Operant conditioning principles were used to promote verbalizations based on current event television news stories in three institutionalized 15-year-old retardates. Percentages of correct responses concerning the videotaped news segments were recorded in four experimental conditions: baseline, massed news with tokens and praise contingent on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
Childress, Dorothy, Comp. – 1970
Described in a 5-year summary report is a demonstration project for training institution personnel to teach community adjustment behaviors to 71 moderately retarded institutionalized girls (IQ 25-55), ages 6- to 21-years-old. Discussed are training procedures (systematic application of positive and negative consequences, fading, and imitation) in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
Alabama Univ., Birmingham. Dental Advisory Committee. – 1967
Guidelines to aid attendants to maintain good dental health among institutionalized mentally retarded persons are presented. Aspects considered include reasons for taking care of the mouth and means of adapting the oral hygiene program to each individual. Also described are oral hygiene programs now existing in group living settings and methods of…
Descriptors: Attendants, Dental Health, Exceptional Child Services, Health Education
Williams, Thelma M. – 1967
Evaluated is a project to increase services for socially maladjusted pupils in four New York City schools located in institutional settings. Additional teaching staff, equipment, and supplies were allotted to these schools under Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs. The degree of implementation of the plan to augment…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Legislation, Federal Programs, Institutionalized Persons
Lack, Clara; Bettencourt, Bruce – 1971
To cause a patient to relate personally to literature is the goal of bibliotherapy, but just how this goal is attained is one of the most significant differences between bibliotherapy and other forms of group therapy. Agnews State Hospital has conducted bibliotherapy for three years as a rehabilitation service. During July 1970-June 1971, a total…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Bibliotherapy, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics
McKee, John M. – 1971
A description is given of the development and application of contingency management (CM) techniques to the educational performance of a broad cross section of adult, male prison inmates. By most standards, these inmates are judged to be at the lowest rung of the motivational ladder. Draper Correctional Center experimental and demonstration…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Contingency Management
