%0 Journal Article %1 Schofield1975 %A Schofield, L. J. %A Wong, S. %D 1975 %J Dev Med Child Neurol %K Age Factors; Attention; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Disabled Persons; Education of Mentally Retarded; Humans; Intelligence; Male; Mental Retardation; Psychotherapy, Group; Reinforcement (Psychology) %N 4 %P 425--433 %T Operant approaches to group therapy in a school for handicapped children. %V 17 %X In order to determine the effectiveness of operant approaches to group therapy with children with cerebral palsy or mental retardation, four boys aged between 4 years 10 months and 5 years 7 months were given a total of 23 twice-weekly 30-minute treatment sessions. After treatment there was considerably improvement in the children's attention-to-tasks and they showed some increase in social interactions, though to a lesser degree. Teacher ratings also showed some improvement in classroom behavior.

@article{Schofield1975, abstract = {In order to determine the effectiveness of operant approaches to group therapy with children with cerebral palsy or mental retardation, four boys aged between 4 years 10 months and 5 years 7 months were given a total of 23 twice-weekly 30-minute treatment sessions. After treatment there was considerably improvement in the children's attention-to-tasks and they showed some increase in social interactions, though to a lesser degree. Teacher ratings also showed some improvement in classroom behavior.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:17:37.000+0200}, author = {Schofield, L. J. and Wong, S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/281a5c5ba26c3ed351f2e4babe50b6894/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {ee82e9189a59326519dd75d047316b22}, intrahash = {81a5c5ba26c3ed351f2e4babe50b6894}, journal = {Dev Med Child Neurol}, keywords = {Age Factors; Attention; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Disabled Persons; Education of Mentally Retarded; Humans; Intelligence; Male; Mental Retardation; Psychotherapy, Group; Reinforcement (Psychology)}, month = Aug, number = 4, pages = {425--433}, pmid = {125669}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:17:37.000+0200}, title = {Operant approaches to group therapy in a school for handicapped children.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 17, year = 1975 }