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Peer reviewedWaterman, Laura J.; Cooper, A. J. – Mental Retardation, 1995
This comment on an article by A. J. Cooper rejects the suggestion that a mentally retarded youth's playing of a "sexual game" with a child may be innocuous. Cooper reaffirms that such "sex offending" is usually merely a crude attempt to fulfill normal sexual impulses in the context of poor adaptive behavior skills, sexual naivety, and social…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy
Peer reviewedLindsay, William R.; Olley, Susan; Baillie, Nicola; Smith, Anne H. W. – Mental Retardation, 1999
This article presents four case studies of male adolescent sex offenders with intellectual disabilities. All were successfully treated in a group program that focused on specific techniques for cognitive change for thinking errors related to sex offending, problem-solving in offending situations, and analysis of behavior and routines consistent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Cognitive Restructuring
Peer reviewedBiklen, Douglas; Schein, Philip Lambert – Mental Retardation, 2001
This article discusses a court case of an adolescent labeled retarded who was sexually assaulted. It examines implications of being spoken about and of others speaking for the labeled person. It then considers how a disability rights/People First framework could shift public and professional understandings and responses to human abuse. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Court Litigation, Empowerment
Peer reviewedMcCurry, Christopher; McClellan, Jon; Adams, Julie; Norrei, Marilyn; Storck, Michael; Eisner, Andrea; Breiger, David – Mental Retardation, 1998
A retrospective chart review was used to examine sexual behaviors and cognitive impairment in 200 youth (ages 5-18) with serious mental illness. Lower IQ was associated with increased sexual acting-out. For more serious victimizing sexual behaviors, only verbal IQ differences were statistically significant. Overall, sexual behavior disorders were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Child Abuse, Children
