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  • Title: Teaching social/sexual skills to mentally retarded adults.
    Author: Foxx RM, McMorrow MJ, Storey K, Rogers BM.
    Journal: Am J Ment Defic; 1984 Jul; 89(1):9-15. PubMed ID: 6465218.
    Abstract:
    A social/sexual skills training program for institutionalized mentally retarded adults was evaluated. The target behaviors involved a verbal action or reaction within six skill areas and were taught using a commercially available table game, Sorry, and a specially designed card deck. The program featured response-specific feedback, self-monitoring, individualized reinforcers, and individualized performance criterion levels. A multiple baseline across two groups (N = 3 per group) revealed that there were increases in all skill areas. Generalization occurred in individual and group tests conducted by a retarded peer. The program appears to be an effective method of training social/sexual skills because it produces effects that generalize.
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