Increasing Self-Determination: Teaching People with Mental Retardation to Evaluate Residential Options.

Faw, Gerald D.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ526071

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Publication Date: 1996

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Increasing Self-Determination: Teaching People with Mental Retardation to Evaluate Residential Options.

Faw, Gerald D.; And Others

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v29 n2 p173-88 Sum 1996

Four institutionalized adults with mild mental retardation were taught to obtain information regarding their living preferences during tours of community group homes, to report the information to their social workers, and to evaluate the homes. All four participants increased these skills, indicating their ability to participate in such major lifestyle decisions. (DB)

Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Evaluation, Group Homes, Mild Mental Retardation, Personal Autonomy, Place of Residence, Quality of Life, Self Determination, Task Analysis, Thinking Skills, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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