The Relation in Length of Institutionalization to the Intellectual Functioning of the Profoundly Retarded.

Ohwaki, Sonoko; Stayton, Samuel E.

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Publication Date: 1978

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The Relation in Length of Institutionalization to the Intellectual Functioning of the Profoundly Retarded

Ohwaki, Sonoko; Stayton, Samuel E.

Child Development, 49, 1, 105-9, Mar 78

Results indicated that after partialing out CA and MA, number of years in the institution was negatively correlated with success in visually directed object manipulation, social imitation, and purposeful, constructive activities for 103 profoundly retarded residents. (Author/JMB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Imitation, Institutionalized Persons, Object Manipulation, Research, Severe Mental Retardation

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