The effects of a training program on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of seat belt use by mentally retarded persons attending a day training center was investigated. In the first study, a behavioral assessment of seat belt use was conducted to determine which clients at the center needed training in order to use their seat belts on the center buses on which they were passengers. The behavioral assessment identified 13 clients that were unable to fasten their seat belts when verbally prompted. These clients participated in a second study which used a task analysis of seat belt use and an increasing assistance training procedure to teach correct seat belt use. Eleven of the 13 clients learned to buckle their seat belts during the acquisition study. In addition, they learned to use different types of seat belts for which they did not receive training, which demonstrated stimulus generalization. Seat belt use maintained following acquisition for up to 13 weeks when clients were asked to buckle up by a trainer. However, few clients were observed to buckle up when they departed from the center in the afternoon without being asked. A third study then transferred control of client seat belt use from the trainers to the bus drivers by having the drivers ask the clients to buckle when they boarded the bus. Following the general prompt, high levels of seat belt use occurred. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-03, Section: A, page: 0481. / Major Professor: Jon S. Bailey. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76237 |
| Contributors | Schell, Robert Miller., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 89 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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