Effects of Snoezelen room, Activities of Daily Living skills training, and Vocational skills training on aggression and self-injury by adults with mental retardation and mental illness

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-293

  Singh, Nirbhay N ^a   Lancioni, Giulio E ^b   Winton, Alan S W ^c   Molina, Enrique J ^d   Sage, Monica ^e   Brown, Stephen ^f   Groeneweg, Jop ^g  

^a ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d Community of Landmark ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f Metropolitan State Hospital   (United States)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADL skills training; aggression; self injury; Vocational skills training

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 2342660142     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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