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Knapczyk, Dennis R. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The study with three elementary-level moderately retarded students and peer mentors from the regular education program demonstrated that peer mediation was effective in facilitating cooperative play between regular class students and retarded students. Treatment effects were maintained for at least three months. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Maintenance, Moderate Mental Retardation
Wildman, Beth G.; And Others – Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 1986
The effectiveness of a training program in conversational skills was evaluated with seven community-dwelling mildly and moderately mentally retarded adults. Training sessions consisted of instructions, modeling, and behavioral rehearsal. Substantial improvements in targeted behaviors in generalization settings was found after treatment and…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence
Lozano, Beverly – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
The effects of independent living training programs for 1,498 people with developmental disabilities were examined. After seven years, individuals who had received greater amounts of independent living services and improved/maintained their independent living skills were more likely to still live independently. There was no relationship between…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Independent Living, Maintenance
PDF pending restorationKnapp, Mark I.; Orlansky, Jesse – 1983
This paper identifies, structures, and defines a list of cost elements that is intended to describe fully the life-cycle cost of any formal program, course, or device for individual training of Department of Defense personnel. It was developed to provide consistent, comparable, and credible evaluations of the cost-effectiveness of alternative…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Costs
Download full textParaschiv, Irina; Olley, J. Gregory – 1999
This paper describes the "Problem Solving for Life" training program which trains adolescents and adults with mental retardation in skills for solving social problems. The program requires group participants to solve social problems by practicing two prerequisite skills (relaxation and positive self-statements) and four problem solving steps: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Daily Living Skills, Generalization
