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The Treatment of Pica (scavenging) Behavior in the Retarded: A Critical Analysis and Implications for Research
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Albin, Jack B. – Mental Retardation, 1977
A review of current treatment studies of pica or scavenging behavior in the mentally retarded is presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Eating Habits, Etiology
Parents' Reports of Young People with Down Syndrome Talking Out Loud to Themselves.
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Glenn, Sheila M.; Cunningham, Cliff C. – Mental Retardation, 2000
Parents of 78 young people with Down syndrome, age 17 to 24 years, were asked whether their offspring had ever used private speech (talking out loud to themselves). Results confirm the universality of private speech and its developmental pattern. No association was found between private speech and behavior problems, communication difficulties or…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Communication Disorders, Downs Syndrome
Reducing Inappropriate Behaviors in Classrooms and in Individual Sessions Through DRO Schedules of Reinforcement
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Repp, Alan C.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1976
Three experiments were conducted in a variety of settings to test the effectiveness of differential reinforcement of other behavior in reducing high rates of inappropriate behavior in 6 mildly and severely retarded children (8-14 years old). (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Daybook Analyses of Disruptive Behaviors of the Profoundly Retarded
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Cleland, Charles C.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1976
Disruptive behaviors were examined in regard to time-of-the-day and day-of-the-week occurance with 67 adult male profoundly mentally retarded special school residents. (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Institutionalized Persons
Behavior Incidents in a State Residential Institution for the Mentally Retarded
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Dayan, Maurice – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Exceptional Child Research
Constraints on the Participation of Individuals with Mental Retardation in Mainstream Recreation.
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Sparrow, W. A.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1993
The influence of skill level, behavioral characteristics, and labeling upon the attitudes of 320 members of 12 private tennis clubs toward the participation of individuals with mental retardation was investigated. Attitudes and intentions toward people with mental retardation were positive regardless of label assigned and perceived skill level.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems