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Download full textHughes, Carolyn – 1985
Effects of a self-instructional training procedure on the on-task behavior of four mentally retarded young adults in a sheltered workshop were investigated using a multiple-baseline design across subjects. The subjects chosen had been identified as demonstrating a high incidence of off-task behavior for small assembly tasks such as stamping and…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Modification, Generalization, Job Performance
Hughes, Carolyn; Petersen, Dan L. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The study investigated the effects of a self-instructional training package on the on-task behavior of four adults with mental retardation employed in a sheltered workshop. On-task behavior increased substantially across all subjects following the training and the behavior generalized from the training setting to the actual work environment.…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Control, Behavior Change, Case Studies
