In vivo training of a fire emergency skill with a severely retarded adult.
A behavioral training program of shaping, stimulus control and contingent reinforcement (primary and social) procedures was utilized to teach required survival skills to a 43-year-old severely retarded man. All training was conducted in vivo with his residential living unit, initially by a psychologist and subsequently by residential staff personnel. Using an AB design, effects of intervention were immediate, with skill acquisition achieved in 2 weeks and maintained at a 1-year follow-up.
D000056:Accident Prevention; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005390:Fires; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D012449:Safety