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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Mentally retarded individuals"”.
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Oral Health Care Services Available to Mentally Retarded Individuals in Public Residential Facilities
… to increased legislation in favor of handicapped individuals including the mentally retarded. Mentally retarded persons have a right to adequate health care, education, training rehabilitiation, and guidance that will enable them to develop their ability and maximum potential.</p> <p>Mental …
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Conscious and Automatic Processing of Semantic and Acoustic Attributes by Mildly Mentally Retarded and Nonretarded Young Adults.
Nonretarded and mentally retarded individuals, 16 to 20 years old, served as subjects in two experiments which tested the effects of semantic and acoustic word attributes. In the conscious processing task, one group rated each stimulus word as "good" or "bad" (incidental semantic task), another …
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The impact of movement/rhythms training on the educable mentally retarded
… the impact of a movement/rhythms program on mentally retarded individuals. Several authors purport that movement/rhythms is beneficial to the mentally retarded individual. However, there have been few data based inquiries into the actual effects of movement/rhythms programs. Furthermore, …
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Time-Setting Generalization Assessment of Mentally Retarded Adults' Acquired Self-Control in the Preparation of Complex Meals After Withdrawal of Training Components and Trainers
… was to assess time-setting generalization of mentally retarded individuals' acquired complex behavior. Specifically, the ability of three moderately mentally retarded adults to prepare complex meals in their own apartments, during and after a partial-sequential withdrawal of training …
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A Comparison of Procedures to Reduce Self-Abusive Behavior in an Institutionalized Male
… The existence of self-abusive behavior among mentally retarded individuals is a continuing challenge for those who work with them. Several treatment techniques are available for reducing or eliminating such behaviors. Adversive stimuli such as shock or aromatic ammonia capsules have proven …
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The efficacy of a mastery based adapted swim program
… was staffed by volunteers. The participants were mentally retarded individuals, and represented a moderate range of ability levels. Mastery sequences were developed for a wide majority of swim skills. Each sequence contained the skill to be learned, the tasks which combine to form the skill, and a …
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Operant Procedures in the Auditory Assessment of "Difficult-To-Test" Individuals
… procedures are not effective in testing some mentally retarded individuals for sensory capabilities. The present study investigated the use of operant conditioning procedures to determine hearing threshold levels with profoundly retarded individuals. Procedure. Three profoundly retarded …