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Buddenhagen, R.G.; Sickler, Patricia – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Case Records, Downs Syndrome, Exceptional Child Research
Baumeister, Alfred A., Ed.; Butterfield, Earl, Ed. – 1970
The handbook on residential institutions, for professionals and students in the field of mental retardation, attempts to interpret the institution as a part of the culture which it serves, avoiding emotional responses but suggesting formulas for change. Characteristics of contemporary institutions for the mentally retarded are examined and…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Institutional Administration, Institutional Environment, Institutional Personnel
Peer reviewedSilverstein, A. B.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
Intercorrelations of the items of the Characteristics of the Treatment Environment instrument (CTE) were factored for three samples of attendants at institutions for the mentally retarded. These results differed from previous studies of the CTE, which was originally developed for mental or psychiatric hospitals. Two factors, autonomy and activity,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis, Institutional Environment, Institutions
American School and University, 1977
Iowa state hospital schools for the mentally handicapped in Glenwood and Woodward are being renovated to make them as noninstitutional as possible in order to help more residents learn to live normal lives away from the institutions. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Facility Guidelines, Facility Improvement, Facility Requirements, Institutional Environment
CAPOBIANCO, RUDOLPH J.; AND OTHERS – 1958
A STUDY WAS MADE TO ESTABLISH AND ANALYZE THE METHODS OF SOLVING INDUCTIVE REASONING PROBLEMS BY MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO EXPLORE AND DESCRIBE REASONING IN MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, (2) TO COMPARE THEIR METHODS WITH THOSE UTILIZED BY NORMAL CHILDREN OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MENTAL AGE, (3) TO EXPLORE THE…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Handicapped Children
REYNOLDS, MAYNARD C.; STUNKARD, CLAYTON L. – 1960
THE PRESENT STUDY REPRESENTS AN EXTENSION OF A STUDY WHICH DEALT WITH THE LATER ADJUSTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS DISCHARGED FROM A STATE INSTITUTION FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED. THIS EFFORT REWORKED AVAILABLE DATA TO DEVELOP A MORE EFFICIENT TECHNIQUE OF PREDICTION AND TO STUDY FURTHER INTERACTIONS AMONG THE VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GROUP. IN…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Day Schools, Family Life, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedRoos, Philip – Mental Retardation, 1970
Reconciled are the current philosophy of normalization (providing patterns and conditions of everyday life) and the growth of behavior-shaping strategies as the bases of the institutional care and program of the severely mentally handicapped. (KW)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conditioning, Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Education
Download full textNew York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1992
This report summarizes a 3-year review of reports of child abuse and neglect in New York State's mental hygiene facilities. The study determined that greater efforts are required to ensure protection of those children who were "repeat" alleged victims and who, as a group, were involved in 400 of the 850 reports to the State Central…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Incidence, Institutional Environment
CAIN, LEO F.; AND OTHERS – 1961
THE MAJOR HYPOTHESIS OF THIS PROJECT WAS THAT TRAINABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHETHER LIVING AT HOME OR IN AN INSTITUTION, WOULD SHOW GREATER INCREMENTS OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAN COMPARABLE CHILDREN NOT ATTENDING SUCH PROGRAMS. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT PARENTS OF RETARDATES WHO ATTEND PUBLIC…
Descriptors: Environment, Family Environment, Handicapped Children, Institutional Environment
Britton, Alexander L.; Smith, Ruth – 1974
A training project on programing activities for the trainable retarded was held for seven family care home operators and three paraprofessionals from residential institutions in California. Emphasis at the weekly sessions was placed on providing an appropriate environment and developing recreational, social, physical and academic skills in…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Foster Children, Institutes (Training Programs), Institutional Environment
Rhodes, Leanne; And Others – 1969
A longitudinal research study of the growth and development of 10 severely mentally handicapped mongoloid (Down's Syndrome) children reared together in a state hospital was conducted. They were tested regularly on the same scales, providing comprehensive histories of mental, psychomotor, and physical growth. When comparison with similar children…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Enrichment Activities, Exceptional Child Education, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedBalla, David A. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Community Role, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Educational Quality, Institutional Environment
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1974
This volume is one of several which describe the characteristics, quality, and costs of services to severely mentally retarded, severely emotionally disturbed, deaf-blind, and severely multiply handicapped clients aged 21 and under, in 100 providers across the nation. This volume presents the case studies organized according to the major…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Costs, Day Care, Deaf Blind
Wilson, Diana A. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Instruction, Institutional Environment
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1976
This volume is one of several which describe the characteristics, quality, and costs of services to severely handicapped children and youth in 100 providers across the nation. This volume includes the development of data collection instruments and a mail survey of potential providers of services to severely handicapped children and youth. The…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Day Care
