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Final Report of the Bawnmore Personal Development Programme: Staff Attitudes and Sexuality Programme Development in an Irish Service Organisation for People with Mental Handicap.

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Toomey, John F. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993

This paper reports on evaluation of a sex education program (the Bawnmore Personal Development Programme) and staff training for Irish individuals with mental handicap. Results indicate the need for attitude change among staff and administration toward sex education and a need for structural change in staffing arrangements to facilitate such…

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Program Development

Some Issues in Staff Training and Improvement.

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Morch, Willy-Tore; Eikeseth, Svein – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992

Staff members (n=152) assigned to 76 clients with moderate to severe mental retardation in Norway received training in behaviorally oriented treatment and assessment. Results did not support the hypothesis that training in treatment and assessment would produce greater improvement in client behavior than would training in treatment alone.…

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries