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Peer reviewedReich, Naomi; Shannon, Elizabeth – Home Economics Research Journal, 1980
As part of a three-year study, researchers categorized common physical limitation (CPL) groups across disabilities and identified the clothing and special needs of each group. Relationships between clothing style features and CPL groups will allow formulation of guidelines for clothing and dressing needs of each group. (JOW)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Classification, Clothing, Clothing Design
Kramer, Laurie; Whitehurst, Carol – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1981
Three button design features (the shape, size, and position of a button on a garment) were evaluated for their effect on buttoning skills performance in four developmentally retarded preschoolers. Results indicated that buttons of large size in the top position on the presentation garment maximally encouraged learning this self-dressing skill.…
Descriptors: Clothing Design, Mental Retardation, Preschool Education, Self Care Skills
Peer reviewedKaufman, Al – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2000
A study that compared the clothing-selection habits of 15 adolescent girls with blindness and 15 sighted girls found parents played a larger role in selecting the clothing for the girls with blindness, girls with blindness wore less makeup and jewelry, and care requirements were more important to girls with blindness. (Contains 12 references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Clothing, Decision Making
Levitan-Rheingold, Nancy; And Others – Rehabilitation Literature, 1980
The study used a shirt and an instructional manual on dressing processes to teach dressing and undressing skills to 15 congenitally disabled children. All individuals who were exposed to the instrument learned the skills, and those who were taught in the easy to difficult order were more proficient than those persons who were taught in the reverse…
Descriptors: Clothing Design, Exceptional Child Research, Instructional Materials, Material Development
Reese, Gail M.; Snell, Martha E. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
A system of graduated guidance was used to teach three children (ages six through nine) with severe multiple disabilities to don and remove their jackets and coats independently. The training approach involved initial use of oversized garments, fading of guidance, and individualized reinforcement. Skill maintenance and generalization were also…
Descriptors: Clothing, Cues, Generalization, Maintenance
Peer reviewedSearle, Cherry – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1996
Eighty-one women in social service employment programs were surveyed to determine knowledge of employment clothing. They were compared on demographics. Differences were found in possession of business clothing, resources for clothing, education, income, residence, and homelessness. Findings indicate a need to educate low-income participants on…
Descriptors: Clothing, Daily Living Skills, Education, Employment
