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Cutoff Scores for the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills for Individuals with Severe Retardation (MESSIER) for Adults with Intellectual Disability
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Matson, Johnny L.; Boisjoli, Jessica A. – Behavior Modification, 2008
Social skills are defining aspects of intellectual disability (ID). Additionally, their presence or absence can be a major impediment to independent living, and they correlate with other problems in the ID population, such as comorbid psychopathology. To date, little has been done to develop scales to measure these problems, particularly for…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Psychopathology, Psychometrics, Interpersonal Competence
Assessment of Feeding and Mealtime Behavior Problems in Persons with Mental Retardation
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Kuhn, David E.; Matson, Johnny L. – Behavior Modification, 2004
Feeding and mealtime behavior problems are commonly observed among individuals with developmental disabilities. These problems include, but are not limited to, food refusal, food selectivity, mealtime aggression, rumination, pica, and insufficient feeding skills. Difficulties of this type can be associated with life-threatening consequences of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification
Evaluating Behavioral Techniques in Training Individuals with Severe and Profound Mental Retardation to Use Functional Independent Living Skills.
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Matson, Johnny L.; Bamburg, Jay; Smiroldo, Brandi B.; Smalls, Yemonja – Behavior Modification, 1997
Evaluates three training techniques for enhancing independent living skills and examines differential treatment efficacy. Results, based on 30 severely or profoundly mentally retarded adults, indicate that the control group failed to achieve the results of the two treatment groups. Findings support the necessity of implementing updated treatment…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Counseling Techniques, Daily Living Skills
Questions about Behavioral Function in Mental Illness (QABF-MI): A Behavior Checklist for Functional Assessment of Maladaptive Behavior Exhibited by Individuals with Mental Illness
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Matson, Johnny L.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Ashvind N.; Adkins, Angela D.; McKeegan, Gerald F.; Brown, Stephen W. – Behavior Modification, 2006
The Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF), a 25-item rating scale, was developed to identify the function(s) of maladaptive behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. The authors adapted it for use with individuals with serious mental illness who engage in maladaptive behavior and assessed the psychometric characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Rating Scales, Developmental Disabilities