Training Parents to be Home Reading Tutors: Generalization of Children's Reading Skills from Home to School.

Love, Joan M.; Van Biervliet, Alan

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ERIC Number: EJ310077

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Training Parents to be Home Reading Tutors: Generalization of Children's Reading Skills from Home to School.

Love, Joan M.; Van Biervliet, Alan

Exceptional Child, v31 n2 p114-27 Jul 1984

The study examined the effectiveness of a procedure for teaching parents of four mildly retarded children (8-10 years old) to be home reading tutors and generalization of the skills to school. Substantial increases in targeted tutor behaviors and corresponding improvements in child reading behaviors were observed. (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Generalization, Home Programs, Mild Mental Retardation, Parent Education, Parent Role, Tutoring

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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