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Download full textNational Association for Retarded Children, New York, NY. – 1967
Conference papers consider designing facilities to meet the needs of the mentally retarded and other handicapped persons. Complete texts and summaries are provided of R.B. Price on environmental design, E.D. Helsel on architectural barriers, H. Gordon on preschool programs and facilities, and H. Palmer on training centers for young adults. Also…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Design Requirements, Disabilities, Educational Facilities
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens, Harrisburg. – 1974
Presented is the PARC (Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens) Plan which resulted from a 3-month survey of Pennsylvania's institutional system and which was designed to improve living conditions and programs of state schools and hospitals serving the mentally retarded. Detailed are specific recommendations for the achievement of annual…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Clothing, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education
Bartholomew, Robert P.; And Others – 1976
Reported are the findings of a research study to determine the effects of physical environment on the learning behavior of 13 institutionalized moderately and severely retarded individuals (14-18 years old). An introductory section covers the need for research in environmental control, the five study objectives, study procedures, data collection…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Architecture, Building Design, Classroom Environment
Greenleigh Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1966
Reported is an evaluation of an innovative program funded by the Federal Government to simultaneously provide: (1) grandparents for dependent, neglected and emotionally disturbed children institutionalized in hospitals, various child welfare agencies, and institutions for the retarded, and (2) employment for the aged. In overall impact, the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Child Welfare, Community Relations, Emotional Adjustment
Dennis, Wayne – 1973
This book reports the experiential deprivation and intellectual retardation of children from the Creche, a Lebanese social agency devoted to the care of foundlings from birth to 6 years. Begun in 1955, this study explored the role of environment, specifically, the effects of adoption, on IQ. Results showed that the mean IQ for both boys and girls…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Caregivers, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
PDF pending restorationBartholomew, Robert P.; And Others – 1977
Provided is the revised and updated version of a report on the effects of physical environment on the learning behavior of 13 institutionalized moderately and severely retarded individuals (14 to 18 years old). An introductory section covers the need for research in enviornmental control, study objectives and procedures, methodology, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Architecture, Building Design, Classroom Environment
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC. – 1968
Significant changes in the diagnosis, study, and treatment of mental retardation are documented, and the long-range trend toward including mental retardation services in programs for all handicapped persons is described. Recommendations are made in three major need areas: residential care for the retarded, manpower for mental retardation programs,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Day Care, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Services
Klaber, M. Michael – 1969
An introduction by Dr. David D. Komisar provides background and objectives for a study which eventually involved observations in six residential institutions. Two institutions were judged to be ineffective as residents appeared to be not happy or self-sufficient, showed little intellectual growth (or were rarely, if ever, retested), had many…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attendants, Attitudes, Behavior
SKEELS, HAROLD M. – 1966
TO STUDY EFFECTS OF EARLY INTERVENTION ON CHILDREN, AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 13 SUBJECTS (AGED 7 TO 30 MONTHS, IQ 35 TO 89) WAS TRANSFERRED FROM AN ORPHANAGE TO THE INTENSE STIMULATION OF A MOTHER SURROGATE AT AN INSTITUTION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. A CONTRAST GROUP OF 12 SUBJECTS (AGED 11.9 TO 21.8 MONTHS, IQ 50 TO 103) REMAINED AT THE…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Child Development, Early Experience, Educational Status Comparison
JORDAN, THOMAS E. – 1966
THIRTY-THREE ARTICLES ILLUSTRATE THE EDITOR'S FORMULATION OF ISSUES CONCERNING THE PROBLEM OF MENTAL RETARDATION--(1) THE TRIPARTITE (ONTOLOGICAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND EDOLOGICAL) NATURE OF RETARDATION, (2) THE NECESSITY TO MOVE BEYOND A SINGLE DISCIPLINE IN DEALING WITH RETARDATION, (3) THE NUMBER OF AGENCIES NOW INVOLVED IN STUDY AND CARE, AND (4)…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aphasia, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis
Sarason, Seymour B.; Doris, John – 1969
A statement of goals and the rationale for organization precede a historical discussion of mental deficiency and society. The problem of labels like IQ and brain injured and the consequences of the diagnostic process are illustrated by case histories; case studies are also used to examine the criteria used to decide who is retarded and to discuss…
Descriptors: Autism, Biological Sciences, Case Records, Clinical Diagnosis
