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Identifying Specific Sensory Modalities Maintaining the Stereotypy of Students with Multiple Profound Disabilities.
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Tang, Jung-Chang; Patterson, Tina G.; Kennedy, Craig H. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
Four experiments with six students with multiple profound disabilities examined the function of behavioral stereotypies and sensory modalities maintaining them. Findings are discussed in terms of the sensory and social reinforcers that maintain stereotypy, assessment procedures used to identify reinforcers, and the interpretation of assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities
Mobility versus Sedentariness in Task Arrangements for People with Multiple Disabilities: An Assessment of Preferences.
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Lancioni, Giulio; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Campodonico, Francesca; Mantini, Margherita – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
A study attempted to assess preferences between a task arrangement involving mobility and a task arrangement involving sedentariness with three women with severe disabilities and visual impairments or blindness. Results found that participants' preferences about task arrangements could be successfully assessed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Individual Characteristics, Multiple Disabilities
Reliability of the Child Behavior Checklist for the Assessment of Behavioral Problems of Children and Youth with Mild Mental Retardation.
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This study evaluated the reliability of the Child Behavior Checklist with 42 children and youth with mild mental retardation. Use of kappa coefficients and intra-class correlations at item and syndrome levels indicated that the Child Behavior Checklist may not always represent a reliable checklist for the assessment of psychopathology in this…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods, Mild Mental Retardation
A Social Validation Assessment of the Use of Microswitches with Persons with Multiple Disabilities.
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Oliva, Doretta; Marziani, Monia; Groeneweg, Jop – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
This study examined the social validation of using microswitches versus interaction/stimulation conditions with persons with multiple disabilities. Teacher-assistant trainees and rehabilitation staff (n=72) were shown videotapes comparing the two methods and then scored both approaches. The microswitch condition was viewed as generally more…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among Adults with Severe and Profound Mental Retardation.
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Fox, Robert A.; Wade, Erin J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
A study investigated the incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 86 adults with severe mental retardation. Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 15% of the sample met the diagnostic criteria. This measure was not influenced by chronological age, adaptive age, IQ, or gender. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
The Assessment of Mood and Affect in Developmentally Disabled Children and Adolescents: The Emotional Disorders Rating Scale.
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Feinstein, Carl; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
A review of existing emotional disorder assessment techniques confirmed that they are inappropriate for most children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and pay inadequate attention to affective symptoms in these subjects. A new instrument designed to evaluate mood and affect which has shown good interrater agreement is described.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Affective Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities
Impact of Stimulation versus Microswitch-based Programs on Indices of Happiness of People with Profound Multiple Disabilities.
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Oliva, Doretta; Groeneweg, Jop – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study assessed whether the impact of a microswitch-based program on indices of happiness would be comparable with that of a stimulation program on three persons with profound multiple disabilities. The microswitch-based program produced increases that were fairly clear for two participants and quite modest for the third. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Electrical Stimuli