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Peer reviewedJohnson, Jesse W.; Van Laarhoven, Toni; Repp, Alan C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study tested whether four students with mental retardation would substitute task-related behaviors for stereotypic behaviors when opportunity for active responding did or did not match level of motoric responding in a free-operant baseline. Students did substitute behaviors, with stereotypic behaviors occurring 1.5-14 times as much in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedGomez, Rapson; Hazeldine, Phillip – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Social information processing skills of 13 children (ages 5-12 years) with mild mental retardation (MR), 13 chronological age-matched children, and 13 mental age-matched children were studied. The MR group was less accurate in interpretation of accidental cues and more hostile in their responses to ambiguous cues, even after partialing out…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cues, Data Interpretation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedEmbregts, Petri J. C. M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A multi-faceted training package for inappropriate social behavior was evaluated with five children with mild mental retardation and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a residential program. Residents were individually trained in self-management skills with video feedback. Direct-care staff also received training. Although staff increased…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children
