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Peer reviewedSternberg, Les; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1987
Three profoundly retarded students (ages 6, 8, and 12) were taught prelanguage signalling behaviors (grasping the experimenter's finger and tapping the back of one hand with the other) to initiate co-active imitation behaviors with an adult. (JW)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Expressive Language
