“…Over the past few years there has been an increasing interest in assessment and treatment of emotion for people with mental handicaps (Helsel and Matson, 1988;Kazdin, Matson, and Senatore, 1983;Lindsay, 1987;Michie and Lindsay, 1988). This increase in interest has led to the development of treatment techniques for alleviating their emotional problems Matson, Dettling, and Senatore, 1980).…”