Training Self-Advocacy Skills to Adults with Mild Handicaps.

Sievert, Ann L.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ380181

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Training Self-Advocacy Skills to Adults with Mild Handicaps.

Sievert, Ann L.; And Others

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v21 n3 p299-309 Fall 1988

Eight mildly handicapped young adults were taught to discriminate whether or not possible violations of legal rights occurred in socially validated scenarios and, if so, to role-play a behavioral sequence to redress rights violations. With one exception, participants demonstrated generalization to four community role-play settings. (JW)

Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Civil Liberties, Cognitive Restructuring, Daily Living Skills, Disability Discrimination, Due Process, Generalization, Individual Power, Mild Disabilities, Normalization (Handicapped), Personal Autonomy, Role Playing, Self Advocacy, Young Adults

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Language: English

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