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ERIC Number: EJ451624
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
A Preliminary Study in Teaching Self-Protective Skills to Children with Moderate and Severe Mental Retardation.
Watson, Mark; And Others
Journal of Special Education, v26 n2 p181-94 Sum 1992
A modified multiple-probe design was used to teach seven students (ages six to eight) with moderate or severe mental retardation appropriate strategies for responding to inappropriate invitations from strangers. Six of the students displayed improvement in self-protective skills, which generalized to a nontraining situation and across abductors. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Moderate Mental Retardation, Prevention, Primary Education, Safety Education, Severe Mental Retardation, Social Behavior, Stranger Reactions, Training Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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