{"title":"A critical examination of intra-agency relocation effects","authors":"Kevin Schumacher, Brian Qvammen, Milton Wisland","doi":"10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80005-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80005-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Behavioral effects of intrainstitutional relocation of adults with mental retardation were evaluated over a 12-month period using two independent methods of measurement and a multiple baseline across two relocating groups and one matched control group. Clients grouped together on the basis of relatively high levels of aggressive or destructive behavior exhibited an increase in social isolation following relocation. However, as a whole, relocation effects were subtle and individualized in nature. Behavior adjustment following relocation and methods for avoiding “transition shock” following rapid environmental change are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 3","pages":"Pages 329-336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80005-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14871688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interpersonal problem-solving skills of retarded and nonretarded children","authors":"Douglas C. Smith","doi":"10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80016-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80016-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Interpersonal problem-solving skills of 17 mildly menially retarded and two groups of nonretarded subjects (<em>N</em>s = 30) matched on mental age (MA) and chronological age (CA) were assessed, utilizing a series of hypothetical problem-solving situations. Results indicated similarities between mentally retarded subjects and MA matched nonretarded subjects both in types and number of strategies produced. Nonretarded CA-matched subjects, on the other hand, exhibited a wider range of problem-solving strategies and increased use of strategies thought to reflect higher levels of social understanding.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 4","pages":"Pages 431-442"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80016-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14917238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response variation and the generalization of a dressing skill: Comparison of single instance and general case instruction","authors":"H. Michael Day, Robert H. Horner","doi":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90005-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90005-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two, identical multiple-baseline-across-subjects designs were used to compare the effects of single instance and general case instruction on the generalized dressing of youth and adults with severe mental retardation. Performance across eight nontrained, probe shirts was used to assess generalization of the skill “putting on pullover shirts.” Following training with a single shirt, subjects exhibited limited success with the eight nontrained shirts. Only after training with a set of shirts that sampled the range of stimulus and response variation for “putting on pullover shirts” was successful gernalization observed. Results suggest that the response variations taught during general case instruction played a major role in improved performance across the nontrained shirts. Implications of the results are discussed for instruction in applied settings, and for research methodology in the analysis of generalization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 189-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90005-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14848769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catherine Berger Knight, Orv C. Karan, Marian Timmerman, Suzanne C. Griffith, Derrick Dufresne
{"title":"Training community developmental disabilities associates: A collaborative model","authors":"Catherine Berger Knight, Orv C. Karan, Marian Timmerman, Suzanne C. Griffith, Derrick Dufresne","doi":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90008-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90008-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Direct care staff play critical roles in contributing to the successful community adjustment of individuals with developmental disabilities. The current shortage of qualified personnel for these positions, however, will hinder future community integration efforts, particularly as individuals with more intensive needs attempt to live in the community. Improvements both in the training of staff and in the pay and other incentives they receive, are needed. One response to this growing need is associate degree training that is being provided by a few community colleges and technical schools throughout the country. This article briefly describes the implementation and major components of such a program now being offered through Wisconsin's Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education System. Developed in response to local needs and representing an ongoing collaborative effort among the academic, advocacy, and service communities, the program also illustrates an important role the University Affiliated Facility can play in promoting exemplary training.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 229-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90008-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14848772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generalization of a sign language rehearsal strategy in mentally retarded and hearing deficient children","authors":"Ian G. Manion, Bradley Bucher","doi":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90001-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90001-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Memory deficits are common in mentally retarded individuals who lack verbal skills. Training in manual signing may be of value. In this study we trained a sign language rehearsal strategy so that the strategy would be used with no instructions to perform it and assessed whether the strategy would transfer across tasks, and how to train for transfer. Subjects were five essentially nonverbal severly mentally retarded children and three essentially nonverbal deaf children. Each was trained to use a sign-rehearsal strategy in one of two memory tasks. Use of the strategy showed marked increases when children were instructed to rehearse, but showed less change when no instructions were given. Generalization to uninstructed trials was then achieved by gradually delaying the instructions. After this training, two of three children trained in a more complex task transferred uninstructed sign-rehearsal to a less complex task, but children trained in the simpler task did not generalize to the complex task.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 133-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90001-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14849088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The history of lithium therapy: By F. Neil Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984, $49.00.","authors":"J. Matson","doi":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90026-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90026-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 1","pages":"129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90026-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53603495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bill E. Beckwith, Deborah I. Couk, Kevin Schumacher
{"title":"Failure of Naloxone to reduce self-injurious behavior in two developmentally disabled females","authors":"Bill E. Beckwith, Deborah I. Couk, Kevin Schumacher","doi":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90004-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90004-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Three doses of Naloxone (0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 mg.) were compared to treatment with saline in a double-blind crossover design. Neither of the two female subjects altered their rate of self-injurious behavior as a result of treatment. The present results suggest that naloxone does not reduce self-injurious behavior in all individuals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 183-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90004-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14848768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Software survey section","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90012-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90012-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages I-X"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90012-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136475748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hearing-impaired children and youth with developmental disabilities","authors":"Barbara Luetke-Stahlman","doi":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90011-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0270-3092(86)90011-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 260-261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0270-3092(86)90011-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53603467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathan H. Azrin , Jacques P. Jamner , Victoria A. Besalel
{"title":"Vomiting reduction by slower food intake","authors":"Nathan H. Azrin , Jacques P. Jamner , Victoria A. Besalel","doi":"10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80014-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80014-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Psychogenic vomiting of retarded persons might be partly the result of stomach overloading. A retarded male subject was treated by spacing the food intake and teaching him to eat more slowly. Vomiting decreased during the spaced food intake, resumed during normal intake, and decreased again during the reinstated spaced intake. These results indicate the importance of food-intake factors in psychogenic vomiting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77671,"journal":{"name":"Applied research in mental retardation","volume":"7 4","pages":"Pages 409-413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0270-3092(86)80014-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14917236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}