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ERIC Number: EJ428542
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-9859
Increasing Requests Made by People with Developmental Disabilities and Deaf-Blindness through the Use of Behavior Interruption Strategies.
Romer, Lyle T.; Schoenberg, Beth
Education and Training in Mental Retardation, v26 n1 p70-78 Mar 1991
The staff of an apartment-based residential support program was taught to use behavior interruption strategies to elicit requesting functions from two women with deaf-blindness and developmental disabilities. Results found the strategies to be both quickly assimilated by the staff and effective in increasing request rates from the subjects. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Deaf Blind, Developmental Disabilities, Group Homes, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Residential Programs, Training Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Support Staff
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Behavior Interruption; Requests