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Peer reviewedMozingo, Dennis; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
Interview questions most frequently used and corresponding beneficial responses were derived from an empirical analysis of the "hiring community" and were used in developing a job interview skills training package for adults with developmental disabilities. Training resulted in improved responding by all subjects. Improved quality in responding to…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Employment Interviews, Generalization
Peer reviewedDube, William V.; Serna, Richard W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Programmed identity-matching training was given to five participants with severe mental retardation and histories of failures in assessments and training attempts. When an intermediate goal of establishing one-trial discrimination learning was eliminated, four participants completed the program and passed tests for generalized identity matching…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Failure, Generalization
Peer reviewedSigafoos, Jeff; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
A study of the acquisition of mands (requests) and tacts (labels) relating to food and eating utensils in three individuals with severe mental retardation revealed that responses acquired as tacts did not readily occur as mands, but spontaneous manding was developed through a stimulus control transfer procedure. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adults, Conditioning, Generalization, Language Skills
Peer reviewedFerretti, Ralph P.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1993
This analysis of the effects of self-management training on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of skills of persons with mental retardation found self-management training to be useful in promoting the maintenance of behavior change first effected by external control procedures. Training effectiveness may depend upon the cognitive and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedDomaracki, Joseph W.; Lyon, Steven R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This study, which involved training four young adults with moderate or severe mental retardation on housekeeping and janitorial work skills, found that simulation instruction based on general case methodology can be used to teach complex sequences, that naturalistic instruction seemed more efficient than simulation instruction, and that neither…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Generalization, Housekeepers, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedSmith, Tristram; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Thirty-one primary caregivers at group homes for clients with developmental disabilities completed a one-week workshop in behavioral theory and treatment techniques. Trainees showed increased treatment skills, but preworkshop and postworkshop observations indicated no evidence that the workshop had any effect on group home client functioning.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Generalization
