Telephone-Skills Training for Retarded Adults: Group and Individual Demonstrations with and without Verbal Instruction.

Smith, Michael; Meyers, Andrew

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Publication Date: 1979-May

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Telephone-Skills Training for Retarded Adults: Group and Individual Demonstrations with and without Verbal Instruction.

Smith, Michael; Meyers, Andrew

American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v83 n6 p581-87 May 1979

It was found that Ss in all conditions showed significant pretest to post-test performance increases on the telephone skills tasks--suggesting that, for skill development tasks with retarded adults, demonstration and verbal summaries may add little to the practice experience and that group delivery of training procedures is cost-effective. (Author/DLS)

Descriptors: Adults, Demonstrations (Educational), Group Instruction, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Nonverbal Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods, Telephone Communications Systems, Telephone Usage Instruction

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Language: English

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