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Use of the Alternating Treatments Design as a Strategy for Empirically Determining Language Training Approaches with Mentally Retarded Children.

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Barrett, Rowland P.; Sisson, Lori A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1987

The study demonstrated the utility of the alternating treatments design in determining the most efficacious language training approach with mentally retarded children. Oral communication, total communication, and modified total communication were each used with two children in three trials. The preferred approach was consistent within each subject…

Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Language Acquisition, Mental Retardation

An Alternating Treatments Comparison of Oral and Total Communication Training with Minimally Verbal Retarded Children.

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Sisson, Lori A.; Barrett, Rowland P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1984

The study compared effects of oral speech with total communication (speech plus sign language) training on the ability of mild mentally retarded children (four-eight years old) to repeat four-word sentences. Results pointed to the superiority of the total communication approach in facilitating sentence repetition. (Author)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation