The study compared adaptive behavior, social adjustment and academic achievement of educable mentally retarded, learning disabled, behavior disordered, and regular class elementary children (N=120). Significant differences were found in adaptive behavior, social adjustment, and academic achievement among the four groups; none of the instruments,…

Successful integration of mentally handicapped workers from an adult training center into community employment involves sympathetic management attitudes, adequate task training and supervision, and competence in such skills as self-care, mobility, handling money and recognizing various public signs. (CL)

The last of a six-volume series on community adjustment of deinstitutionalized mentally retarded people provides a summary of the study's findings and policy recommendations. Findings are described for each of the five preceeding volumes (sample findings in parentheses): a review of the literature (mentally retarded persons have made reasonably…

Evaluated with 48 elementary age students classified as educable mentally retarded was an instruction program to facilitate the return of the students to regular classes. (Author/DB)

The primary object of this project was to provide a program encompassing vocationally-oriented enrichment activities for the educable retarded adolescent, whose retardation can be defined in terms of the following developmental areas: (1) educational; (2) mental; (3) social; and (4) vocational. Included in this report are sections on: (1) an…

Investigated were the employment status and social adjustment of 80 former students-three groups of mildly retarded adults and one group of adults classified as slow learners. (CL)

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)

The first of a six-volume series on the community adjustment of deinstitutionalized mentally retarded persons examines 28 research studies on community adjustment and proposes a framework for reviewing criterion measures and predictors of adjustment. Summary descriptions of major characteristics of the studies are provided, and matrices listing…

THE EDUCATION AND SUBSEQUENT SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT OF RETARDED CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF WAYNE COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL AND SPECIAL CLASSES IN DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE INVESTIGATED. DATA FOR THE 400 MENTALLY RETARDED AND 100 NORMAL SUBJECTS WERE OBTAINED FROM INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRES, RECORDS FROM SCHOOLS, POLICE, EMPLOYERS, SOCIAL AGENCIES, AND THE…

The move from formal institution living to an independent type of living situation was assessed in 18 mentally retarded adults with high (61-84) and low (56-39) IQ scores. Prior to and 6 months after the semi-independent living situation, Ss were administered the following measures: the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the AAMD (American…