EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY AND CENTER-BASED SETTINGS ON THE ALERTNESS OF PERSONS WITH PROFOUND MENTAL-RETARDATION

Authors
BELFIORE PJ BROWDER DM MACE FC
Citation
Pj. Belfiore et al., EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY AND CENTER-BASED SETTINGS ON THE ALERTNESS OF PERSONS WITH PROFOUND MENTAL-RETARDATION, Journal of applied behavior analysis, 26(3), 1993, pp. 401-402
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Journal of applied behavior analysis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218855
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
401 - 402
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8855(1993)26:3<401:EOCACS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We studied effects of different settings on the behavior of persons wi th profound mental retardation. Adaptive (alert) and nonadaptive behav iors were observed in two community settings and a center setting. Res ults of the descriptive assessment showed that participants engaged in a higher percentage of adaptive behaviors and a tower percentage of n onadaptive behaviors in the ''high stimulation'' community setting. Th e results are discussed in light of environmental setting events on pe rsons with profound mental retardation.