Providing a Less Restrictive Environment for Profoundly Retarded Persons by Teaching Independent Walking Skills.

Gruber, Barbara; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ212522

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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Providing a Less Restrictive Environment for Profoundly Retarded Persons by Teaching Independent Walking Skills.

Gruber, Barbara; And Others

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v12 n2 p285-97 Sum 1979

Procedures were evaluated for teaching four institutionalized adult males with profound retardation necessary skills to increase their individual freedom of movement. Following baseline, a travel training program with a backward chaining format was implemented to teach each person to walk independently from his living area to school. (Author)

Descriptors: Adults, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Normalization (Handicapped), Program Effectiveness, Research Projects, Severe Mental Retardation, Travel Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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