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Teaching Telephone Skills To Developmentally Disabled Persons Using Positive Reinforcement And Corrective Feedback, Lou Ann Mayhew Dec 1979

Teaching Telephone Skills To Developmentally Disabled Persons Using Positive Reinforcement And Corrective Feedback, Lou Ann Mayhew

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Homework Assignments, Parent Prompts, And Contingency Contracting On Classroom Spelling Accuracy Of Trainably Mentally Impaired And Severely Multiply Impaired Students, Christine M. Blakeman Aug 1979

Effects Of Homework Assignments, Parent Prompts, And Contingency Contracting On Classroom Spelling Accuracy Of Trainably Mentally Impaired And Severely Multiply Impaired Students, Christine M. Blakeman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Pilot Study Of A Sex Education Program In A Sheltered Workshop Using A Cognitive-Behavioral Model Based On Rational Emotive Therapy, Jacqueline A. Rieck, Thomas E. Frederick Jan 1978

A Pilot Study Of A Sex Education Program In A Sheltered Workshop Using A Cognitive-Behavioral Model Based On Rational Emotive Therapy, Jacqueline A. Rieck, Thomas E. Frederick

Masters Theses

This pilot study was developed to teach people with mental retardation about their own sexuality, appropriate community behaviors, and to develop within them a basic sense of responsibility for their own actions. Problems in social/sexual behaviors have been consistently quoted as reasons for high recidivism rates, as well as difficulties in community living, vocational placement, and other generalized stereotypes about mental retardation. Often the public remains uninformed about, does not recognize, and/or feels that sexual rights for people with any mental differences should not exist. Additionally, when any form of sexuality was expressed by such people it resulted in shock …


The Design, Implementation, And Evaluation Of A Program To Train Educational Advocates, Sue Ann Carpenter Aug 1977

The Design, Implementation, And Evaluation Of A Program To Train Educational Advocates, Sue Ann Carpenter

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Optimum Learning In Regular Classrooms Project In Charleston, Illinois, Patricia Tucker Chaney Jan 1977

An Analysis Of The Optimum Learning In Regular Classrooms Project In Charleston, Illinois, Patricia Tucker Chaney

Masters Theses

The Optimum Learning in Regular Classrooms Project is an adoptive-adaptive ESEA Title IV-C project with two purposes: (1) to provide more effective educational service to children with special needs through training the mainstream teacher to diagnose these special needs as well as implement solutions for such children on an ongoing basis, and (2) to provide more efficient support services to the mainstream teacher in his/her efforts to meet the special needs of exceptional children, whether handicapped or gifted.

Four main aspects of the project are examined:

Classroom organization. All classrooms were organized at least in part into learning centers. This …


The Role, Views, And Background Characteristics Of Current Michigan School Psychologists, Sharon Sue Russell Aug 1976

The Role, Views, And Background Characteristics Of Current Michigan School Psychologists, Sharon Sue Russell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Shaping Appropriate Social Skills Of Multiply Handicapped Children In A Group Learning Situation By Contingent Teacher Attention And Maintaining Them With Low Rates Of Reinforcement, Mark L. Sundberg Aug 1976

Shaping Appropriate Social Skills Of Multiply Handicapped Children In A Group Learning Situation By Contingent Teacher Attention And Maintaining Them With Low Rates Of Reinforcement, Mark L. Sundberg

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Into Art Preparation For Teachers Of Mentally Handicapped Children, Larry D. Wilson Jan 1976

An Investigation Into Art Preparation For Teachers Of Mentally Handicapped Children, Larry D. Wilson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Development Of The Grand Rapids Educational Achievement Test, John S. Thatcher Dec 1975

The Development Of The Grand Rapids Educational Achievement Test, John S. Thatcher

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Development Of A Checklist For E.M.H. Prescription Learning, Imogene Jo Anne Tilford Jan 1975

The Development Of A Checklist For E.M.H. Prescription Learning, Imogene Jo Anne Tilford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Assessment-Diagnostic Center For Pre-School Public School Handicapped Children In Illinois: The Rend Lake Project, John Powell Jan 1975

An Assessment-Diagnostic Center For Pre-School Public School Handicapped Children In Illinois: The Rend Lake Project, John Powell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Objective Evaluation Of A Treatment Program For Severely Maladjusted Children, Thomas I. Shikoski Apr 1974

Objective Evaluation Of A Treatment Program For Severely Maladjusted Children, Thomas I. Shikoski

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Retarded In Relation To Their Ability To Perceive And Acquire Knowledge Of The Basic Elements Of Art, Tony J. Taylor Jan 1973

A Study Of The Retarded In Relation To Their Ability To Perceive And Acquire Knowledge Of The Basic Elements Of Art, Tony J. Taylor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Visual Perception On The Academic Performance Of The Mentally Retarded, Shirley A. Knapp Apr 1971

The Influence Of Visual Perception On The Academic Performance Of The Mentally Retarded, Shirley A. Knapp

Masters Theses

Visual perception refers to the process of receiving and analyzing sensory information through the medium of the eye. The report extensively surveys literature concerning the developmental processes and characteristics of visual perception. The research tended to show a relationship between visual perceptual maturity and academic achievement. The prominent remedial programs were discussed in conjunction with supporting or disputing research concerning the alleged benefits. Finally, studies dealing with the visual perception of the mentally retarded were proffered.

A research project was conducted with mentally retarded and non-retarded subjects, matched according to mental age. The Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception was …


Special Education In Eastern Illinois Area, Beulah Wenthe Jan 1970

Special Education In Eastern Illinois Area, Beulah Wenthe

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Program For Teaching Beginning Language Skills To Mentally Retarded Children, Thomas James Elzinga Apr 1969

A Program For Teaching Beginning Language Skills To Mentally Retarded Children, Thomas James Elzinga

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Educable Mentally Handicapped Students Being Served In Illinois, Joe F. E. Glassford Jan 1969

An Analysis Of Educable Mentally Handicapped Students Being Served In Illinois, Joe F. E. Glassford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.


A Survey Of Public Opinion Concerning Etiology, Attitudes, And Feelings Toward Mental Retardation, Norma M. Keefer Jan 1969

A Survey Of Public Opinion Concerning Etiology, Attitudes, And Feelings Toward Mental Retardation, Norma M. Keefer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Establishment And Maintenance Of Mechanical Skills With Severely And Profoundly Retarded Males, Stephen C. Thornson Apr 1968

The Establishment And Maintenance Of Mechanical Skills With Severely And Profoundly Retarded Males, Stephen C. Thornson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Perceptual Motor Therapy Project, Dean V. Murphy Jan 1968

Perceptual Motor Therapy Project, Dean V. Murphy

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Education Of The Trainable Mentally Handicapped, Dorothy J. Sheffield Jan 1968

The Education Of The Trainable Mentally Handicapped, Dorothy J. Sheffield

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Slow Learners In High School English, Gwendolyn Jordan Jan 1966

Slow Learners In High School English, Gwendolyn Jordan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Education Of The Educable Mentally Retarded Child In The Special Class, Doyle E. Kopp Jan 1956

Education Of The Educable Mentally Retarded Child In The Special Class, Doyle E. Kopp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.