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ERIC Number: EJ581763
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Assessing Preferences and Choices of Persons with Severe and Profound Mental Retardation.
Hughes, Carolyn; Pitkin, Sarah E.; Lorden, Sarah W.
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v33 n4 p299-316 Dec 1998
A cumulative review and analysis of 27 empirical investigations that assessed the preferences and choices of individuals with severe or profound mental retardation found that, since 1978, a technology has been evolving that can assess preference and choice via six types of participant responses across a variety of stimulus presentations. Research needs are discussed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Empowerment, Evaluation Methods, Individual Power, Personal Autonomy, Research Needs, Severe Mental Retardation, Stimulation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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