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| Mental Retardation | 19 |
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| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHaviland, Richard T. – Mental Retardation, 1972
The stimulus environment of institutions for the mentally retarded is examined from the point of view of its effect on the development of speech. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendants, Exceptional Child Education, Institutional Environment, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedMcLain, Richard E.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Hospitals, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedDeVellis, Robert F. – Mental Retardation, 1977
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Helplessness, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedMallory, Bruce L. – Mental Retardation, 1977
The ombudsman model offers large residential facilities for the mentally retarded a way of meeting the needs of the people who live there and monitoring institutional dysfunction. (JG/Author)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Child Advocacy, Civil Rights, Institutional Administration
Peer reviewedWhite, Wesley D.; Wolfensberger, Wolf P. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Exceptional Child Services, History, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedDingman, Harvey F.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Attendants, Attitudes, Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedSumarah, John – Mental Retardation, 1989
A discussion of staff-resident relationships as expressed by three metaphor types (organic, mechanical, and personal) suggests that the first two are inappropriate and potentially damaging, while the personal metaphor views and understands residents as persons with needs similar to those of all persons, creating a sense of agency and of personal…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Helping Relationship, Institutional Environment, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBlindert, H. Dieter – Mental Retardation, 1975
Examined were the number and nature of interactions between 17 attendants and 15 institutionalized moderately and severely retarded children (4-to 12-years-old). (CL)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedSchreiber, Meyer – Mental Retardation, 1976
Unitization--placement of institutionalized mentally retarded persons from a common geographical area into a series of living arrangements in the same residential area--is discussed in terms of its implications and meaning for the social worker and the resident. (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedKreger, Kenneth C. – Mental Retardation, 1971
Reduction of environmental stress by altering utilization of living space and increase in availability of varieties of sensory stimulation were successful in improving severe behavioral problems of institutionalized profoundly and severely retarded adults. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Environmental Influences, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedHolbook, Richard C.; Mulhern, Thomas J. – Mental Retardation, 1976
An unobtrusive electronic surveillance system provides a reasonably priced, safe, and normalized environment for institutionalized mentally retarded residents. (CL)
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Electromechanical Aids, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Services
Peer reviewedWolfensberger, Wolf – Mental Retardation, 1969
Based on a paper presented at a convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (Detroit, 1968). (RJ)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Facilities, Institutional Environment, Institutional Role
Peer reviewedMcGavern, Maureen L.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1974
Reported are the results of a questionnaire mailed to all public supported institutions for the mentally retarded regarding the physical arrangement of buildings housing the various IQ levels. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSternlicht, Manny; Deutsch, Martin – Mental Retardation, 1971
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Role, Emotional Adjustment, Exceptional Child Services
Peer reviewedLevy, Ellen; McLeod, William – Mental Retardation, 1977
Environmental interaction in a dayhall housing 31 severely and profoundly retarded adolescents at a Connecticut State institution, was evaluated within the initial existing facility, and the same facility redesigned to provide an enriched environment. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Research, Facility Planning
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