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Peer reviewedParks, Allen W. – Mental Retardation, 1978
A recent study indicated the types of problems encountered by community residences (halfway-house) staff in the development and maintenance of community-based programs for persons with developmental disabilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Consultants, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedGibson, Frank W., Jr.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Feedback, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedBenaroya, S.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1977
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education
Sasse, Margaret – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1977
Described is the A.N.S.U.A., A New Start for the Under Achiever, an Australian parent group which Exposes the treatment theories of C. Delacato and G. Doman for developmentally disabled children. (CL)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Neurological Organization, Organizations (Groups)
Peer reviewedJacobson, John W. – Mental Retardation, 1987
Comparison of goals (number and content) in individual program plans for developmentally-disabled persons in New York (N=170), Pennsylvania (N=298), and Tennessee (N=1,275) indicated that goals varied as a function of intellectual level in all three states and as a function of program setting (institutional, community, or residential) in New York.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Differences, Group Homes
Peer reviewedHarder, Stuart R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
The study reports psychotropic drug use data for three groups of developmentally disabled persons: persons being discharged from public residential facilities; persons successfully functioning in community residential facilities; and persons being readmitted to public residential facilities due to unsuccessful community placements. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedHanden, Benjamin L.; Zane, Thomas – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
The paper reviews 26 studies using the delayed prompt procedure in applied and laboratory settings with developmentally disabled children and adults and others. Results suggest that the delayed prompt procedure is an efficient teaching strategy, with subjects typically acquiring discriminations within a few training sessions or limited number of…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Meta Analysis
Peer reviewedLoveland, Katherine A.; Landry, Susan H. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1986
Gestural joint attention behaviors, personal pronoun use, and spontaneous communicative behavior were compared in 11 autistic children and 11 children with developmental language delay (DLD). DLD children responded correctly to joint attention interactions more often and their spontaneous gestural behavior was more communicative and…
Descriptors: Attention, Autism, Body Language, Children
Peer reviewedShaddock, A. J.; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1986
The Delphi technique was used to obtain a list of perceived training needs of Australian staff working in the field of residential care for people with severe developmental disabilities. The second round gave staff an opportunity to set priorities (such as developing a homelike atmosphere). (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Developmental Disabilities, Inservice Education, Needs Assessment
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 reviewedCalamari, John E.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
A specific progressive muscle relaxation training procedure was combined with auditory electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback, modeling, and reinforcement procedures to teach relaxation skills to 32 mentally retarded adults. The procedure was effective in reducing subjects' EMG levels and activity levels. Intellectual and adaptive behavior levels…
Descriptors: Adults, Biofeedback, Developmental Disabilities, Electroencephalography
Peer reviewedLibb, J. Wesley; Eklund, Elaine – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
The article defines leadership training and presents data on the impact of University Affiliated Facilities (UAF) programs which provide interdisciplinary advanced clinical training in areas related to improved care for mentally retarded and handicapped children and their families. Two conceptual approaches to UAF leadership training are…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Developmental Disabilities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Leadership Training
Peer reviewedBirdsall, William C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1987
It is difficult to apply benefit cost analysis to human service programs. This paper explains "threshold benefit analysis," the derivation of the minimum dollar value which the benefits must attain in order for their value to equal the intervention costs. The method is applied to a mobility training program. (BS)
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Developmental Disabilities
Taylor, Steven J. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1988
This critical analysis of least restrictive environment (LRE) for the developmentally disabled reviews the origins and operationalization of LRE in terms of a continuum of residential, educational, and vocational services. Pitfalls in LRE, especially for severely disabled persons, are enumerated and commitment to the contrasting principle of…
Descriptors: Community Role, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedSilverstein, Burton; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1988
Although several state mental retardation/developmental disabilities agencies use the Minnesota Developmental Programming System Behavioral Scales for statewide planning, evidence exists that this assessment provides more information than is necessary for efficient management decision making. Factor analysis resulted in identifying two factor…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Decision Making, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities
