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W I Gardner

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PubMed1991

A factor analytic study of the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped Scale.

Five hundred six severe and profoundly mentally retarded persons (247 women and 259 men) from Wisconsin and Louisiana were assessed on the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped Scale. A factor analysis yielded six factor scales: tantrums, aggression/conduct, language disorder/verbal aggression, social withdrawal/stereotypy, eating disorders, and sleep disorders. These data demonstrate a nosology of symptoms loading more heavily on vegetative symptoms than what is evident with persons in the mild and moderate ranges of mental retardation and persons who are not mentally retarded. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1991

A scale for evaluating emotional disorders in severely and profoundly mentally retarded persons. Development of the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped (DASH) scale.

The DASH scale was used to assess 506 profoundly and severely mentally retarded persons (247 females and 259 males). The scale, covering 13 major psychiatric disorders, consists of 83 items derived from DSM-III-R as well as previously published studies of this population. Data were collected on symptom frequency, duration and severity in individual interviews with direct-care staff. Elimination and pervasive developmental disorders were most frequent, self-injurious behaviour disorders most severe. Most symptoms had been evident for at least a year. Inter-rater reliability was generally good.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Self-management training of mentally retarded adults presenting severe conduct difficulties.

Chronic and clinically significant conduct difficulties of mildly and moderately mentally retarded adults in a vocational setting were reduced with a multicomponent self-management package. Skills of self-monitoring, self-evaluation, self-consequation, and self-instruction were trained and practiced in vivo. Positive effects on behaviors not specifically treated also were noted for some subjects. A combined treatment withdrawal and multiple baseline design was used to assess changes. Nine-month follow-up under different work conditions revealed continued maintenance of treatment gains.

Adult↗
PubMed1983

Self-management of disruptive verbal ruminations by a mentally retarded adult.

Chronic and high-rate disruptive verbal ruminations of a mentally retarded adult in a vocational training setting were successfully reduced following introduction of a multi-component, self-management intervention program. Self-management skills of self-monitoring, self-evaluation, self-consequation, and self-instruction were trained and then practiced in vivo. In addition to influencing the specific dependent disruptive rumination behaviors targeted for intervention, three collateral behaviors not specifically treated showed positive effects. A combined treatment withdrawal and modified changing criterion design was used to assess changes throughout phases of the study. Follow-up data obtained 6 months and again 12 months after termination of the program revealed durability of intervention effects. The practical, conceptual, and philosophic significance of these findings are noted.

Adult↗