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Burleson, Georgia – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
The application of A. Bandura's modeling techniques in rehabilitation therapy with a 38-year-old legally blind retarded male in a residential facility for the mentally retarded resulted in improved attitudes and behaviors (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Emotional Adjustment, Exceptional Child Education
Strawbridge, Leigh A.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The article describes a training program which effectively taught a profoundly retarded and blind nine-year-old boy to use a walker. One year follow-up indicated maintenance of treatment gains. Ambulation training was correlated with a significant reduction in stereotypic behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Blindness, Case Studies, Children
Peer reviewedPoss, D. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
This article describes the methods used to teach mobility skills to a young man severely disabled (blind and bilaterally hand amputated) by an explosion. Stressed are the assistive devices developed and the therapist's and student's feelings during the training course. (DB)
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Amputations, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitudes
Download full textKlineman, Janet G. – 1971
Described are the objectives, activities, and outcomes of a program to provide individualized educational programing to 30 multiply handicapped children from preschool through grade 3 at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children in 1970-71. Noted are individualized activities which emphasized task analysis and positive reinforcement in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Early Childhood Education
