Teaching dressing skills to a severely retarded child.
An eight-year-old, severely retarded boy was taught to remove his polo shirt independently in sixteen training sessions using operant techniques. Reinforcement was dispensed contingent upon successful independent performance on each of five undressing subtasks.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003020:Clothing; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology