Thirty-seven institutionalized mentally retarded clients were given timelimited intensive group training in fire evacuation skills. Clients were trained to independently exit their residence within 2.5 minutes of the onset of a fire alarm in drills conducted during both day and night and with one of
Social skills training with mildly retarded young adults
โ Scribed by R. L. Meredith; Samuel Saxon; Daniel M. Doleys; Bruce Kyzer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 762 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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