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Peer reviewedSommer, Kristen S.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Evaluation of a program which taught six severely mentally retarded individuals (ages 8-25) to sign interactively with each other found participants showed increased signing skills in a training play situation, generalized use of these skills in a second play situation, and maintained the trained skills over a 2 to 4 month period. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Maintenance
