Effects of community and center-based settings on the alertness of persons with profound mental retardation
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P J Belfiore1, D M Browder, F C Mace
1Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|January 1, 1993
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.