Two groups of Welsh Ss were video recorded on two occasions: both before and after one group was transferred from standard institutions to residential-style group homes. (Author/DLS)

Program involving males 7 to 18 years is described. Therapeutic concepts are discussed, emphasizing development of responsibility, honesty and routine and order in the development of self-discipline and individual identity. (RW)

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)

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…

Analysis of the 1977 and 1985 National Nursing Home Surveys with respect to residents with mental retardation found little change in the size of the population; resident characteristics (such as other disabling conditions and functional limitations and primary source of payment); and level of services received. Challenges in implementing Public…

The book explores the legal profession's role in protecting the rights of mentally handicapped individuals. Section 1 provides background on mental retardation and residential care, explaining that mental retardation and poverty are closely interrelated. Section 2 reviews the long accepted public policy of supplanting institutional care with…

Preservice training workshops involving instructions, role-playing, and feedback have been effectively utilized to train Teaching Parents for community-based homes for the treatment of youth in trouble. The present study extended this workshop model to the inservice training and followup of institutional cottage workers as they served retarded…

Reported are results of a survey of the residential status of 10,988 developmentally disabled (predominantly mentally retarded) persons in California, Colorado, and Nevada. (CL)

A Special Behavior Unit provided short-term residential treatment to persons with mental retardation who displayed severe maladaptive behavior. Program evaluation data indicated decreases in frequency of targeted behaviors during clients' residence. Post-discharge follow-up data indicated that 40 percent showed at least adequate adjustment and…

Data on referral and discharge from a short-term habilitative facility are used to illustrate the "survival analysis" of the rate at which institutionlized mentally retarded persons are released to the community and regression analysis of factors which help predict time to release. (Author)

Adapted from author's doctoral dissertation, the Catholic University of America. (JJ)

A study of 64 British people with learning disabilities examined the differences in the levels of engagement in purposeful activity between the people living in staffed homes (n=34) and those living in the hospital (n=30). Results found that differences in the level of disability between the two groups predicted the observed differences. (CR)

Residential specialists (N=759) in public and private facilities for mentally retarded adults were surveyed to identify the skills that they consider essential for mentally retarded adults to function in different residential settings (unsupervised apartment, supervised apartment, and group home). Significant differences were found among settings…