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The Use of Sociogram Data in Staff Supervision
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Doherty, Gillian – Child Care Quarterly, 1976
Conducted in a residential treatment program for adolescent boys, this study examined the relationship between reward/fine patterns of staff members, the feelings of the boys toward staff, and boys' behavior patterns. A method of looking at the functional aspects of a worker's interaction with children was developed. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Caregivers, Interaction Process Analysis, Males
Compatibility of Housemates with Mental Retardation.
Wiltz, James; Reiss, Steven – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
This study evaluated Reiss's (2000) empirically derived system for understanding incompatibility of housemates in housing programs for people with mental retardation. Comparison of 57 dyads without significant conflict and 36 dyads with conflict found dissimilarity of basic motives and values was associated with housemate incompatibility as were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Individual Differences, Interaction Process Analysis
Learning to Learn and Living to Live in Residential Treatment
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Maier, Henry W. – Child Welfare, 1975
A discussion of the interpersonal and organizational underpinnings of group living and residential care for children. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Group Experience
Staff Conflicts over Use of Authority in Residential Settings.
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Watkins, Ted R. – Child Welfare, 1979
Descriptors: Conflict, Decision Making, Discipline Policy, Institutionalized Persons
Increasing Generalized Social Interactions in Psychotic and Mentally Retarded Residents through Peer-Mediated Therapy.
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Stewart, Gary; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
This study demonstrated that five withdrawn adults living in a residential center for psychotic and mentally handicapped persons could serve as peer therapists to increase the social interaction of other withdrawn residents. Positive results were maintained during a four-month follow-up condition. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Generalization, Interaction
Computer Prompts to Improve Social Interactions and Data Collection.
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Realon, Rodney E.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1992
This study, involving four staff members in an institution for people with mental retardation, found that a computerized system of prompts to improve staff-client interactions produced more positive statements, improved distribution of interaction among clients, and resulted in delivery of more positive reinforcement than a traditional…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Caregivers, Computer Oriented Programs, Cues
Boys Town Education Model.
Wells, Patricia L. – 1991
This monograph describes the curriculum and teaching methods used to teach socialization skills at the Boys Town (Nebraska) special residential school for boys with behavioral disorders as well as replications of the Boys Town model in other locations. The model takes the basic techniques of the schools's Family/Home model and applies them to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
A Comparative Study of Residential and Non-residential Adult Religious Education Programs.
Stevenson, John Lovett – 1968
In a study to measure, compare, and evaluate differential effects of three methods of adult religious education, three experimental groups spent 320 minutes in four discussion meetings with a trained leader and an observer, the latter recording the group Interaction Process Analysis Profile (IPA). The treatment of group I (nine persons) was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change, Camping