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Peer reviewedBregman, Sue – Mental Retardation, 1984
An assertiveness training program specifically developed for mentally retarded adults was used to train 128 participants from four rehabilitation centers. Results demonstrated improvement in assertive behaviors and some relationship between internal locus of control and increased assertiveness skills. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Locus of Control, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedCipani, Ennio – Mental Retardation, 1990
Procedures were developed to teach two young children with severe handicaps to get an adult's attention and make a request. Both mastered a routine of getting up, walking over to the adult, and exhibiting appropriate attention-getting behavior after training. Behavior was maintained at a three-week follow-up. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Attention, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Severe Disabilities
Peer reviewedMcCook, Beth; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1988
The effectiveness of a mand-model plus correction procedure in developing requesting behavior by two severely or moderately retarded adults was assessed in two experiments. Both subjects acquired the behavior and maintained it (with reduced fluency) at two-month followup. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Language Acquisition, Moderate Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedGandhi, J. S. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Feedback, Institutionalized Persons, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedSmith, David W.; Wells, Michael E. – Mental Retardation, 1983
Monthly progress reports were written with and without microcomputer assistance by six professional and 20 nonprofessional staff in a state facility for the mentally retarded. Ratings by persons blind to the conditions indicated that use of the computer resulted in higher quality reports. (Author)
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Microcomputers, Nonprofessional Personnel, Professional Personnel
Peer reviewedSherrill, Claudine – Mental Retardation, 1980
The need for posture assessment and training as an integral part of the individualized educational program of mentally retarded children is stressed. Findings of posture studies of mentally retarded persons indicated that posture contributes to their problems with integration within the community. (PHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Human Posture, Individualized Education Programs, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedLaCampagne, John; Cipani, Ennio – Mental Retardation, 1987
A forward-chaining, partial-task training method was found effective in teaching bill paying skills via check writing to four adults with developmental disabilities attending a day treatment program. The skills were maintained over a two-month follow-up and generalized across novel types of bills. Bank personnel and teachers validated the improved…
Descriptors: Adults, Banking, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedBrowder, Diane M.; Schoen, Sharon F. – Mental Retardation, 1989
The characteristics of the skill clusters involved in community living response chains were studied, focusing on the length of the chain, the response classes contained in the chain, and the implicit variations within the chain. Instruction of response chains can be enhanced through consideration of the stimulus control strategies used.…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Daily Living Skills, Responses, Severe Disabilities
Peer reviewedLangone, John; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1995
Generalization probes conducted preceding and following social skills training (using a game format) of high school students with mild mental retardation found acquisition of social skills across game conditions. Although immediate generalization to nontraining environments did not occur, a possible "deferred generalization" effect was found at…
Descriptors: Games, Generalization, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedBaker, Daniel J. – Mental Retardation, 1998
The effectiveness of video-based staff training with manager-led exercises in improving the performance of six staffers in residential support for persons with disabilities was examined. The training procedures improved performance in hand-washing, glove usage, and frequency of positive interaction, but not in the frequency of valued activities.…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Hygiene, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedAlbin, Jack B. – Mental Retardation, 1977
A program was developed to teach three profoundly retarded children to feed themselves. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Eating Habits, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedGobbi, Lori; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1986
The effectiveness of a quick-transfer language training method combined with incidental teaching on snack requests was examined with two severely mentally retarded primary grade children. Trained requesting behavior transferred to incidental opportunities and was maintained at 1-month followup. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Language Acquisition, Primary Education
Peer reviewedMarchetti, Allen G.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1983
Eighteen mentally retarded adults were taught pedestrian skills using either classroom or community training procedures. Community training procedures resulted in significant improvement from pretest to posttest; however no significant change was seen in the classroom group. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adults, Classroom Environment, Community Influence, Daily Living Skills
Peer reviewedBirenbaum, Arnold; Cohen, Herbert J. – Mental Retardation, 1998
Discusses the reorganization of health-care financing through managed care, the emergence of Integrated Provider Associations, and how these trends will affect University Affiliate Programs' (UAPs) health services to individuals with disabilities. The future role of UAPs in health care delivery and medical-provider training is addressed. (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Health Care Costs, Health Maintenance Organizations
Peer reviewedHeller, Tamar; Miller, Alison B.; Hsieh, Kelly; Sterns, Harvey – Mental Retardation, 2000
The effectiveness of a person-centered later-life training program designed to teach 60 older adults with mental retardation about later-life planning issues and to increase their participation in choice-making was examined. Participants made more choice over time than did a control group and 87 percent met or partially met their goals. (Contains…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Instructional Effectiveness, Long Range Planning, Mental Retardation
