Optimal Solution of a Vehicle-Routeing Problem: Transporting Mentally Handicapped Adults to an Adult Training Centre

1990 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Sutcliffe ◽  
John Board
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Vehicle Routeing ◽  
Adult Training ◽  
Vehicle Routeing Problem

Psychiatric disorder in an adult training centre and a hospital for the mentally handicapped

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian R. Ballinger ◽  
Andrew H. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Psychiatric Disturbance ◽  
Psychiatric Interview ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Adult Training ◽  
Mental Subnormality

SynopsisSeventy-five mentally handicapped adult individuals attending a training centre were compared with 75 adult patients in a mental subnormality hospital using a standardized psychiatric interview. Ten of the individuals at the training centre were rated in the pathological range for overall psychiatric disturbance compared with 23 patients in hospital. Details are presented for the various psychiatric symptoms.

Replication of Nonvocal System for Teaching Nonreaders to Read in an Adult Training Centre

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-194
Author(s):  
Alan Hills
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Sheltered Workshop ◽  
Communication Difficulties ◽  
Educational Situation ◽  
Mental Handicaps ◽  
Adult Training ◽  
The Uk

An attempt was made to replicate a study to evaluate a system used by Kuntz, et al. in 1978 to teach children with mental handicaps to read. The original study was done in a children's hospital training centre with children who had considerable communication difficulties, whereas the present study was undertaken with adults with mental handicaps in an adult training centre. In the UK, adult training centres are currently at the centre of service provision by Social Services for the instruction of adults with mental handicaps, providing both a sheltered workshop and a practical educational situation. Nine out of 33 nonreaders completed the programme so the success rate was well short of that of the original study.

A Component Analysis of the Room Manager Role

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sturmey ◽  
A. G. Crisp
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Time On Task ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Manager Role ◽  
Training Unit ◽  
Adult Training

A component analysis of the room manager role (Porterfield et al., 1980) was performed in a series of four experiments. The subjects were one nursing staff and 13 severely and profoundly mentally handicapped young adults. The experiments took place in a hospital adult training unit. Five components (presence of toys in the room, providing a toy, replacing toys, prompting, and the full room manager role) were compared. Increases in the proportion of time on task were associated with the antecedents; praising had no effect. For residents with high Vineland Social Age regularly replacing toys was associated with the greatest increase in the proportion of time on task. For residents with low Vineland Social Age prompting was associated with the greatest increase in proportion of time on task. Implications for modification of the room manager role are considered and limitations to the present study discussed.

A guided tabu search for the heterogeneous vehicle routeing problem

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1659-1673 ◽  
Author(s):  
C D Tarantilis ◽  
E E Zachariadis ◽  
C T Kiranoudis
Keyword(s):  
Tabu Search ◽  
Vehicle Routeing ◽  
Vehicle Routeing Problem

A Problem of Sexual Behaviour Presenting in an Adult Training Centre

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
Georgiana Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Behavioural Approach ◽  
Adult Training

A young man's serious sexual misbehaviour, which resulted in his being banned from his ATC, was tackled using a behavioural approach (reinforcement of appropriate behaviours) and counselling. This combined programme had an immediate effect in reducing his overt sexual activities at the Centre and promoting his acceptability there which has been maintained in the succeeding three years. The token system used helped not only to structure the young man's response but also, as concrete evidence of his success, to change attitudes towards him of Centre staff.

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