Teaching menstrual care to mentally retarded women: acquisition, generalization, and maintenance.
We evaluated a training package designed to teach menstrual care skills to five mild to severely mentally retarded women. Three specific skill areas (changing stained underwear; sanitary napkin; and both stained underwear and sanitary napkin) were task analyzed and taught in a sequential manner. Results of a multiple-baseline design across women indicated that the training package was successful in teaching these skills; the women continued to perform the skills during naturally occurring menses up to 5 months following termination of the study.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008598:Menstruation; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods