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Wetzel, Mary C.; Taylor, M. Jo – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
Analysis of videotapes of training procedures with 12 developmentally disabled adults in a horticultural day work program found an overall staff emphasis on selectively attending to workers' successful behavior with evidence of both efficiency and effectiveness of this approach. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Developmental Disabilities, Efficiency, Horticulture
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
