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Direct linkWessels, Marleen D.; Bossink, Leontien W. M.; van der Putten, Annette A. J. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2017
One of the benefits of physical activity in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) is an increase in alertness. This study investigated the effect of a power-assisted exercise intervention on alertness and the relationship of this effect to the level of additional motor and visual impairments in people with PIMD. A…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Physical Activities, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
Download full textNabeyama, Bobby; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
The study analyzed the effects of self-recording and behavioral skills training on guarding responses of 3 staff members while they assisted 3 students with multiple disabilities to ambulate. The intervention increased the percentage of correct posture and guarding responses and the distance that students ambulated. These effects generalized when…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Skill Development, Caregivers
Heinze, Toni; Cooper, Walter E. – 1974
Provided in the manual are organizational guidelines and suggested activities for a Special Evants segment of the Mississippi Special Olympics Program to encourage participation by low motor functioning, multihandicapped, mentally retarded persons. Information is provided concerning objectives, organizational set-up, guidelines, communication…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Exceptional Child Education, Games, Mental Retardation
