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A Problem‐solving Approach to Social Skills Training in Employment Settings With Mentally Retarded Youth

Year: 1989

Type: article

Abstract: The present study examined two approaches to teaching social behaviors to 3 developmentally disabled youths in work contexts. In one approach, a problem-solving procedure was learned and transferred to different materials. Conversational probes monitored interactions between disabled employees and their co-workers and customers. A multiple baseline design demonstrated that the training produced generalization and maintenance of the targeted social behaviors to the work settings: A second approach based on a role-playing intervention produced no substantial generalization in the work setting. A social validation questionnaire administered to co-workers supported the efficacy of the problem-solving training procedure. The efficacy of social problem-solving training was discussed in terms of sufficient exemplars, common stimuli, and self-mediations.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1989.22-373

Authors: Hyun‐Sook Park, Robert Gaylord‐Ross

Institutions: University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco State University

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1990628541

FWCI: 2.866

Cites: 16

Cited by: 91

Related to: 10