Maximizing Social Contact for Secondary Students with Severe Handicaps.

Chin-Perez, Gregg; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ341230

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Maximizing Social Contact for Secondary Students with Severe Handicaps.

Chin-Perez, Gregg; And Others

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), v11 n2 p118-24 Sum 1986

A day program for 12 moderately/severely mentally retarded students is characterized by selective integration into academic and other regular education courses, with the intent of maximizing social interactions. Integration activities, peer tutors, social skills training, case outcomes, and a program evaluation survey are described. (Author/JW)

Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Day Programs, High Schools, Interpersonal Competence, Mainstreaming, Moderate Mental Retardation, Normalization (Handicapped), Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching, Severe Mental Retardation, Social Adjustment, Socialization

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Language: English

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