Date of Award
4-1983
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Dr. Uldis Smidchens
Second Advisor
Dr. Zigmund Kryszak
Third Advisor
Dr. Richard Munsterman
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in adaptive as well as maladaptive behaviors of those developmentally disabled persons who have participated in a Family Support Program and those who have not participated in such a program.
The study focused on the adaptive and maladaptive behaviors of 10 developmentally disabled persons for the time period from November 1980 to April 1982. These subjects for the study were between the ages of 4 and 20, residents of Macomb County, and actively serviced by the Macomb County Life Consultation Center. Data used in the study were generated through the use of the American Association of Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale.
The developmentally disabled persons who participated in the Macomb County Family Support Program made greater changes in a positive direction on the adaptive as well as maladaptive behaviors than those individuals who did not participate in this program.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
McDonald, Patricia L., "The Effects of Participation in the Family Support Program on the Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviors of Developmentally Disabled Individuals" (1983). Dissertations. 2445.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/2445