EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY AND CENTER‐BASED SETTINGS ON THE ALERTNESS OF PERSONS WITH PROFOUND MENTAL RETARDATION
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 26 (3) , 401-402
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1993.26-401
Abstract
We studied effects of different settings on the behavior of persons with profound mental retardation. Adaptive (alert) and nonadaptive behaviors were observed in two community settings and a center setting. Results of the descriptive assessment showed that participants engaged in a higher percentage of adaptive behaviors and a lower percentage of nonadaptive behaviors in the “high stimulation” community setting. The results are discussed in light of environmental setting events on persons with profound mental retardation.Keywords
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