A Community-Based Accommodation Program for Adults with Autism and Mental Retardation

Autor/inn/en	Fox, Robert A.; Holtz, Casey A.; Moist, Amie M.
Titel	A Community-Based Accommodation Program for Adults with Autism and Mental Retardation
Quelle	In: Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 44 (2009) 1, S.118-126 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-0350
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Severe Mental Retardation; Autism; Quality of Life; Adults; Environmental Influences; Effect Size; Program Effectiveness; Resistance (Psychology); Self Destructive Behavior; Aggression + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Lebensqualität; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Resistenz; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung
Abstract	There is a paucity of treatment literature for significant and intractable behavior problems in adults with autism and mental retardation. Four adults with autism, severe to profound mental retardation, and serious, long-term behavior problems participated in an accommodation training program as an adjunct to more traditional behavioral and medical treatments. The accommodation program consisted of designing highly structured and predictable daily routines to reduce the impact of environmental factors that had previously resulted in behavior problems. Following three to six years of participation in the accommodation program, a significant treatment effect size was obtained for all participants. The benefits of this approach for improving the treatment-resistant problem behaviors and quality of life for adults with autism and mental retardation in a community-based setting are discussed as well as directions for future research. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Division on Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. DDD, P.O. Box 3512, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Tel: 479-575-3326; Fax: 479-575-6676; Web site: http://www.dddcec.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10