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The Training and Generalisation of Conversation Skills with Moderately to Severely Handicapped Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

John Brigg ,
Alan Bain  and
Stephen Houghton
John Brigg
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
Alan Bain*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
Stephen Houghton
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
*
Enquiries or correspondence should be directed to Dr Alan Bain, Department of Education. The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, PERTH WA 6009.
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This study utilised a Direct Instruction methodology to test the efficacy of small group social skills training on the acquisition and generalisation of conversational skills of three moderately to severely intellectually impaired adolescents. The results indicated a general increase in the conversational behaviour of the participants over the course of the intervention and that for two of the participants these changes generalised to a new setting with new conversational partners.

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Research Article
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 28 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1991

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