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ERIC Number: EJ212501
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Oct
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1237
The Effects of a Retarded Child's Social Initiations on the Behavior of Severely Retarded School-Aged Peers.
Kerr, Mary Margaret; Young, Clifford C.
Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, v14 n3 p185-90 Oct 1979
To increase the social responsiveness of two severely retarded and withdrawn children (six and ten years old), a five-year-old mildly retarded peer was trained to emit social approach behaviors using a procedure in which edible reinforcement was delivered by the trained peer contingent upon positive social response by the target subjects. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching, Social Development, Social Reinforcement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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