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Intagliata, James; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1986
A survey of 190 public and community residential facilities indicate that staff in community and public residential facilities must be prepared to deal with maladaptive behavior, that behaviorally oriented response strategies appear to be most effective, and that there is a need for greater attention to training direct-care residential staff in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Mental Retardation

Thompson, T. J.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1991
A revised system was developed for documenting the rights restrictions of persons with mental retardation at a state residential facility. The system included a new form, response effort reduction, inservice training for staff, and staff feedback. Results showed an immediate and sustained reduction in documentation errors of 96 direct-care and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Caregivers, Civil Liberties