THE COMMUNITY ADAPTATION OF MILDLY RETARDED PERSONS

所有为二零零一年订下的目标均已如期达致。研究人员已经 进行了征聘和培训；数据索引和检索系统 完成；一个巨大的心理测量迟缓核心样本库(N=289) 已生成成人；基于个人历史和人口数据 收集这一核心样本，选择了4个子样本进行强化 数据收集(60名黑人成年人和60名匹配的白人成年人--主要用于研究 在交际能力方面，目前有33名年轻人在独立学院注册 生活训练计划，以及4个子样本。在纵向数据收集的同时 将按计划继续进行，所有4个项目都预期进行数据收集、分析 并于02年出版。有关电脑公元02年数位问题分析的一些主要课题如下： 独立生活成年人个人支持系统的网络分析； 社会语言学对能力的比较是在精神上给出方向 智障和正常成年人；父母对老年人的信仰和态度的研究 他们的轻度智障成人儿童的社会情绪史；比较 由测试工具唤起的数学技能与类似技能的对比 在日常生活中由相同的人展示的。

All goals set for Year 01 have been met on schedule. Research personnel have been recruited and trained; data indexing and retrieval systems have been completed; a large core sample pool (N equals 289) of psychometrically retarded adults has been generated; based on personal history and demographic data collection with this core sample, 4 sub-samples have been selected for intensive data collection (60 Black and 60 matched White adults--principally for research on communicative competence, 33 young adults currently enrolled in independent living training programs, and 4 sub-samples. While longitudinal data collection will continue as planned, all 4 projects anticipate data collection, analysis and publication in Year 02. Some major topics for Year 02 data analysis are: a network analysis of the personal support systems of independently living adults; a socialinguistic comparison of competence is giving directions between mentally retarded and normal adults; a study of parental beliefs and attitudes about the socioemotional histories of their mildly retarded, adult, children; a comparison of mathematical skills evoked by a test instrument versus similar skills exhibited by the same persons in everyday life.