General Case Simulation Instruction of Generalized Housekeeping Skills in Blind, Multihandicapped Adults

Abstract

<jats:p> This study was conducted to determine whether general case simulation instruction on a selected teaching sample of housekeeping skills, which sampled the stimulus and response variation of rooms in an office building, resulted in generalized performance to three other examples. A single subject, multiple base line across subjects design was used. After a brief base-line probe phase, general case simulation instruction was introduced sequentially to three participants. Intermittent probes in three other untrained settings were conducted to assess generalization. Data from all three participants indicate that generalization did occur from general case training to the untrained probe settings. They showed an average increase of 45 percent for participant one after six training sessions, an average increase of 58 percent after four training sessions for participant two, and after only one training session, an average of 37 percent for participant three. Degree of generalization was inversely related to the severity and complexity of participant disability. Implications for the development of generalized competitive job skills of people with severe handicaps are discussed. </jats:p>

Evaluation of a Technology for Teaching Complex Social Skills to Young Adults with Visual and Cognitive Impairments

“…With the GC method, based on Stokes and Baer's (1977) method of "training sufficient exemplars," training exemplars are explicitly organized. This applied theory has been found to be effective in teaching a variety of skills to individuals with visual impairments (Lengyel, Domaracki, & Lyon, 1990), as well as with other types of disabilities, and in fostering the maintenance and generalization of treatment gains (Domaracki & Lyon, 1992;Frederick-Dugan, Test, & Yarn, 1991;Halle, Chadsey-Rusch, & Collet Klingenberg, 1993;Lehman, O'Neill, & Proctor, 1996;McDonnell, 1996). Lengyel et al (1990) successfully used a GC instructional program to teach housekeeping skills to three blind adults with other disabilities.…”