This study measures the effect of a vestibular stimulal10n program on the stereo typic rocking behavIor of three severely mentally retarded persons within both experimental and natural settmgs. A multiple baselme desIgn was used. Frequency and duration of stereotypic rocking behavior were measured by a partwl-intervaltime sample. Results indicated a statistically sIgnifIcant reduction of both f...

In this paper we demonstrate one of the prototypes that were constructed by an interdisciplinary team of roboticists, designers and therapists working with mentally disabled children. We focus on how end-users participated in (and were motivated during) the design process and how we applied several robotic technologies to develop an interactive tool (called Sensor Box) for integrated sensory th...

A longitudinal study of IQ and cognitive profile in 18 fra(X) positive boys is reported. At the time of diagnosis, four of the boys were mildly retarded, seven were moderately retarded, and five were severely mentally retarded. Intelligence was borderline in one child and normal in another. A decline in intellectual performance with age in the fra(X) syndrome indicated in previous studies was n...

So little has been published dealing with the education of retarded children that many j-eachers will welcome the appearance of this book, in which Miss Ingram, Supervisor of the VePartment of Child Study and Special Education, Rochester, New York, gives the results of her experience and study of the problems. She sets out in a logical fashion by describing jhe " mentally retarded " child, his ...

A new bioelectronic system for detecting and measuring voice parameters (TONAR) was used to quantify nasality in 50 educable mentally retarded children. Results indicated that over one-third of the children evaluated were hypemasal. The high prevalence of excessive nasality in EMR children was contrasted with (1) normative data on 78 nonretarded children collected with the bioelectronic system ...

The vulnerability of young people with developmental disabilities is intensified for a number of reasons; isolation, limited cognitive abilities, language, speech or vocabulary barriers, dependence on others for personal care, risk of low selfesteem, depersonalization, powerlessness, lack of education on sexuality and abuse/ harassment prevention, non-protective organizational structures and po...