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Lead Exposure of People with Developmental Disabilities: Success of Control Measures.
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Lohiya, Ghan Shyam; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1996
In a developmental center for individuals with mental retardation, blood lead level was determined for individuals who were admitted or discharged over two decades. Analysis indicated a marked decline in blood lead levels, attributed to local lead abatement measures, effective pica management, and reduced environmental lead contamination.…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Eating Disorders
Our Residential Rules--Have We Gone Too Far? Symposium Overview.
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Holburn, C. Steve – Mental Retardation, 1990
This symposium overview examines the outcomes of standards established in Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded to receive Medicaid funding. The argument is made that, although regulations have provided cleaner environments and better documented procedures, they lack in provisions promoting personal, moral, and educational…
Descriptors: Adults, Environmental Standards, Facility Guidelines, Mental Retardation
Regulations: Can They Control Staff Compliance in Human Services Systems?
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Jacobson, John W. – Mental Retardation, 1990
This article discusses results of regulations for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded, arguing that, by establishing minimum standards for funding, these policies promote mediocrity. Strategies for promoting compliance behaviors are offered, as are observations on regulatory reform and the process of regulatory impact. (PB)
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Environmental Standards, Facility Guidelines
Rules: The New Institutions.
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Holburn, C. Steve – Mental Retardation, 1990
This article presents the argument that overregulation of Medicaid-funded residential treatment environments has placed rules ahead of contingency-based behavior of clients. Blame is focused on coercive enforcement of inaccurate rules, precluding responsive staff action. Solutions are advanced to encourage natural contingencies of teaching and…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Contingency Management, Environmental Standards
Counter-Habilitative Contingencies in Institutions for People with Mental Retardation: Ecological and Regulatory Influences.
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Meinhold, Patricia M.; Mulick, James A. – Mental Retardation, 1990
This article uses preliminary data from 51 direct-care staff members and approximately 190 residents of a facility for nonambulatory individuals with profound mental retardation, to illustrate the roles of social, ecological, and regulatory contingencies of reinforcement and their potential counterhabilitative effects on residents. Results…
Descriptors: Adults, Contingency Management, Environmental Standards, Facility Guidelines
Regulating Professional Services in ICFs/MR: Remembering the Past and Looking to the Future.
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Sparr, Margaret P.; Smith, Wayne – Mental Retardation, 1990
This article reviews regulations governing Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR), including 1971 ICF/MR Medicaid funding legislation, standards development by professional consensus, development of federal regulations, intergovernmental roles, and possible directions for the future. A need is seen for professionals to…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Environmental Standards, Facility Guidelines