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Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children To Play By Themselves, Dennis E. Raschke Jan 1978

Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children To Play By Themselves, Dennis E. Raschke

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The effectiveness of a training procedure designed to teach developmentally disabled children to play by themselves was examined. In addition, the influence of the frequency of probing was investigated. Baseline data showed low levels of self-amusement. The generalization training procedure produced moderate increases in self-amusement when probes were conducted frequently. The same treatment procedure produced higher levels of self-amusement when probes were conducted intermittantly. Some strategies for more successfully programming self-amusement are suggested.