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The Determinants of Staff and Resident Activity in Residential Services for People with Severe Intellectual Disability: Moving beyond Size, Building Design, Location and Number of Staff.
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Felce, David – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1998
Draws together the results of seven studies that investigated factors influencing the effects of service quality in community-based residential services for people with severe mental retardation. Results found that quality of staff and resident activity is dependent on an interaction between the structure, orientation, and procedures followed…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Group Homes
An Eco-Behavioral Analysis of Small Community-Based Houses and Traditional Large Hospitals for Severely and Profoundly Mentally Handicapped Adults.
Felce, David; And Others – Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 1986
The study compared effects on the behavioral functioning of 12 severely retarded adults of either large hospitals or small community-based houses. Use of an observational measure of purposeful activity as well as of staff behavior indicated increased client functioning in the small homes, particularly in domestic activity and interaction with…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills