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Peer reviewedSommer, Kristen S.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Evaluation of a program which taught six severely mentally retarded individuals (ages 8-25) to sign interactively with each other found participants showed increased signing skills in a training play situation, generalized use of these skills in a second play situation, and maintained the trained skills over a 2 to 4 month period. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Maintenance
Peer reviewedBrady, Nancy C.; McLean, Lee K. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
This study examined representational matching to sample with 68 subjects with severe mental retardation. Participants differed in their expressive communication and included symbolic (speaking) individuals, distal-gesture users, and contact-gesture users. Contact-gesture users performed significantly more poorly on identical matching to sample…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Body Language, Discrimination Learning, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedKeogh, Deborah; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987
Verbal prompts, modeling, physical guidance, positive reinforcement, fading, and chaining procedures were used to teach two nonverbal individuals (one severely and one moderately mentally retarded) an interactive signing dialogue in a naturalistic setting. Although clients learned to use signed communication, extensive training was required and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Chaining, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills
