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Direct linkFahey, Aine; Walsh, Patricia Noonan; Emerson, Eric; Guerin, Suzanne – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2010
Background: Few empirical studies have compared quality and outcomes for residents with intellectual disability across intentional communities such as those organised by the Camphill communities in Ireland. Method: Using a multi-element research protocol developed for an earlier large study, data were gathered about the characteristics of N = 29…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Group Homes, Foreign Countries
Giovino, Rosemarie; Thibault, Saint Maurice – J Educ, 1969
Presented at the summer 1969 advanced seminar on Aesthetics in Education held at the Boston University School of Education. (EJS)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Institutional Environment, Mental Retardation, Special Education
Egli, Mark; Roper, Todd; Feurer, Irene; Thompson, Travis – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1999
Acoustical characteristics of 18 residences for people with mental retardation were evaluated and compared to ratings of room photographs for apparent homelikeness. Reverberation times in living and dining rooms were negatively correlated with mean homelikeness ratings. High reverberation rates were the result of insufficient sound absorption by…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Group Homes, Institutional Environment, Mental Retardation
Download full textCLELAND, CHARLES C.; PECK, ROBERT F. – 1966
TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL FOR POSITIVE EMPLOYEE STIMULATION, A STUDY WAS MADE OF MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AMONG ATTENDANTS AT INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL RETARDATES. ATTENDANTS AT SUCH INSTITUTIONS ARE SUBJECTED TO A GREATER AMOUNT OF CULTURE SHOCK AND SOCIAL DEPRIVATION THAN OTHER EMPLOYEES. OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME THIS CAUSES A DETERIORATION OF…
Descriptors: Attendants, Disadvantaged, Institutional Environment, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedHaviland, Richard T. – Mental Retardation, 1972
The stimulus environment of institutions for the mentally retarded is examined from the point of view of its effect on the development of speech. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendants, Exceptional Child Education, Institutional Environment, Language Acquisition
Scheer, Ralph M. – Training School Bulletin, 1971
Descriptors: Attendants, Institutional Environment, Mental Retardation, Residential Programs
Peer reviewedMcLain, Richard E.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Hospitals, Institutional Environment
Roth, William – 1977
The upcoming Bureau of the Census document titled, "The Survey of Institutionalized Persons" will provide complete information and data on long-term institutional care. Because this document provides data basically devoid of context, this discussion paper presents an ethnology of a total institution. In it, the author conveys his impressions and…
Descriptors: Ethnology, Facilities, Institutional Environment, Institutional Personnel
Peer reviewedMerges, Richard – Peabody Journal of Education, 1973
The most unique right of the mentally retarded person (as distinguished from the rights of other persons) which must be explicitly assured is that of normalization. (Author)
Descriptors: Institutional Environment, Mental Retardation, Normalization (Handicapped), Organization
Peer reviewedDeVellis, Robert F. – Mental Retardation, 1977
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Helplessness, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedMallory, Bruce L. – Mental Retardation, 1977
The ombudsman model offers large residential facilities for the mentally retarded a way of meeting the needs of the people who live there and monitoring institutional dysfunction. (JG/Author)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Child Advocacy, Civil Rights, Institutional Administration
Peer reviewedWhite, Wesley D.; Wolfensberger, Wolf P. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Exceptional Child Services, History, Institutional Environment
CANTOR, GORDON N.; GIRARDEAU, FREDERIC L. – 1958
THIS INQUIRY INVESTIGATED DISCRIMINATION LEARNING PROCESSES IN TRAINABLE MONGOLOID CHILDREN AS COMPARED WITH NORMAL PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO GENERAL BEHAVIOR THEORY AND TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY BY SEEING IF SUCH VARIABLES AS TRANSFER OF TRAINING, ACQUIRED DISTINCTIVENESS OF CUES, AND ACQUIRED EQUIVALENCE OF…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Handicapped Children, Institutional Environment, Learning
Peer reviewedLozar, Barbara; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedDingman, Harvey F.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Attendants, Attitudes, Exceptional Child Research, Institutional Environment
