The effectiveness of two procedures for promoting the generalization of adaptive skills across settings by mentally retarded subjects was evaluated. Ten adult severely, moderately, and mildly mentally retarded clients of a community day training center served as subjects. Subjects had completed training at the center in self-care and domestic skills, using task analysis and sequential prompting procedures. Observations were then conducted at home on the percentage of steps of each task analysis completed correctly by the subjects. Parents of one group of subjects were provided with written instructions describing how to work with their offspring at home while practicing self-care and domestic skills. A second group of subjects were provided with remediation training at home by center staff. A multiple baseline design across subjects and behaviors was used to evaluate the effectiveness of each procedure. In addition, a cost-benefit analysis of each procedure was conducted. Results indicated that the parent report and home remediation procedures were both effective in increasing the percentage of steps of the skills completed correctly. On the other hand, the home remediation procedures cost more than the parent report procedure, with increased costs attributed to additional travel and training time. Therefore, the parent report procedure was the preferred procedure. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-02, Section: B, page: 0599. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75055 |
| Contributors | ALLEN, LINDA DAWN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 102 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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