Siblings as Home Trainers: A Strategy for Teaching Domestic Skills to Children.

Swenson-Pierce, Ann; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ354019

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Siblings as Home Trainers: A Strategy for Teaching Domestic Skills to Children.

Swenson-Pierce, Ann; And Others

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), v12 n1 p53-60 Spr 1987

Siblings of three moderately retarded children were taught to use a prompt sequence and social praise to train siblings in domestic tasks. The training skills of the nonhandicapped children generalized to teaching new skills and the independent skill performance of handicapped siblings increased as a result of the training. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Instructional Effectiveness, Moderate Mental Retardation, Positive Reinforcement, Prompting, Siblings, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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