Teaching job interview skills to retarded clients.
Six retarded adults were taught job application and interview skills including introducing oneself, filling out a standard job application form, answering questions, and asking questions. A combination of instructions, modeling, role playing, and positive and corrective feedback was used across a multiple baseline experimental design. After training, the clients' performance in each area improved substantially over baseline levels. In addition, the newly taught skills appeared to generalize to a different office, application form, and interviewer.
D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment