Teaching Home Safety and Survival Skills to Latch-Key Children: A Comparison of Two Manuals and Methods.

Peterson, Lizette

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Publication Date: 1984

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Teaching Home Safety and Survival Skills to Latch-Key Children: A Comparison of Two Manuals and Methods.

Peterson, Lizette

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v17 n3 p279-93 Fall 1984

The influence of two training manuals--a discussion-oriented "Prepared for Today" manual and a behaviorally oriented "Safe at Home" manual--were evaluated with three behaviorally trained and three discussion-trained latchkey children. Behaviorally trained Ss demonstrated higher and more stable increases in skills with generalization. (CL)

Descriptors: Coping, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education, Safety

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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