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…

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)

THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT WERE (1) TO EVALUATE THE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL POPULATIONS AND NONSCHOOL POPULATIONS OF SEVERELY RETARDED CHILDREN, AND (2) TO EVALUATE THE CHANGES IN PARENT ATTITUDE AND FAMILY ADJUSTMENT OF THE PARENTS. THIS REPORT IS CONFINED TO PHASE 1 OF AN ONGOING PROJECT…

Presented is an overview of issues and concepts related to deinstitutionalization and the development of community based services for the mentally retarded. Explained are distinctions between mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and between decentralization, deinstitutionalization and institutional reform. Forces in the…

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)

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)

The monograph presents four papers on the significance of the physical environment in residential facilities for retarded individuals which describe initial efforts to improve the physical characteristics of an institution serving a severely and profoundly retarded, as well as multiply handicapped, population. R. Scheerenberger considers the…

The cognitive development of 30 24-month-old children who had entered residential care before the age of four months was compared with that of 30 working class children matched for age and sex who were living at home in London. Before testing, the children's fear of strangers was rated in a standardized situation. The mean mental age of the…

An unobtrusive electronic surveillance system provides a reasonably priced, safe, and normalized environment for institutionalized mentally retarded residents. (CL)

The speech, presented at the AGSOMD Conference (Adelaide, South Australia, October, 1970), describes a residential training facility for the retarded designed on the principles of small family-like groups and approximation of a normal living situation. (KW)

Based on a paper presented at a convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (Detroit, 1968). (RJ)

Forty retarded adults were the Ss of a study to evaluate the hypothesis that individuals who have been institutionalized for a greater percentage of their lifetime are more socially immature than those institutionalized for a smaller percentage. (CL)

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)