Two studies investigated the extent to which high school students (N=12 and N=6) with such handicaps as moderate mental retardation, learning handicaps, and deafness could learn work behaviors in a technological setting. After training, these students were judged by graduate students and high school students to be significantly more vocationally…

This paper reviews 27 studies that taught community skills to persons with moderate to severe mental handicaps and tested the generalization of these skills. The review, which analyzed the degree of generalization that occurred and the effect of different strategies used, concludes that the general case method is the most effective strategy.…

The preliminary findings of the evaluation of the training program, Creative Problem Solving, are presented. The training was provided through the Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education at Indiana State University. Twenty-one state and county child service coordinators participated in the training on a voluntary basis.…