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ERIC Number: EJ577343
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Teaching Adults with Severe Disabilities To Express Their Choice of Settings for Leisure Activities.
Browder, Diane M.; Cooper, Karena J.; Lim, Levan
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v33 n3 p228-38 Sep 1998
A study demonstrated the effectiveness of a three-phase treatment package for determining setting preferences and for teaching three adults with severe mental retardation to express their choice between settings for similar leisure activities. Participants learned to use objects associated with different settings to communicate their choices. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Interpersonal Communication, Leisure Time, Personal Autonomy, Severe Mental Retardation, Social Integration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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