Although a great deal of research exists which demonstrates that there are effective procedures for increasing the leisure behaviors of mentally retarded persons, most of the studies done thus far have failed to address the important area of generalization. The purpose of this study was to determine if leisure skills which were taught to five mentally retarded women in a Day Training Program would generalize to their home settings. / This study consisted of four experimental conditions which included: Baseline, Introduction of Prompts and New Materials Availability, Training on new leisure skills and, Newly Trained/Participant Selected Activities Availability. In addition, Follow-up data were collected to determine if participants maintained skills and continued to use the leisure materials. / In general, when participants were permitted to select materials, increases in recreational activity levels and corresponding decreases in inappropriate and self-stimulatory behaviors were produced for all participants. Further, when verbal prompts and participant-selected leisure materials were provided, leisure skills taught in the Day Training setting generalized to the home settings of all participants. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-10, Section: A, page: 3284. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74944 |
| Contributors | BURCH, MARY RUTH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 177 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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