Teaching Functional Money Skills To Mentally Retarded Adults

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
David Louis Gerhardt (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
Dennis Reid

Abstract: This study was conducted to determine whether six institutionalized mentally retarded adults could be taught functional money skills in a classroom through the use of a total task presentation procedure paired with a decreasing assistance prompt sequence in a small group setting, and then generalize these skills to making purchases in community fast-food restaurants.

Additional Information

Publication
Thesis
Gerhardt, D. (1984). Teaching Functional Money Skills To Mentally Retarded Adults. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 1984
Keywords
special education, money skills, special needs and disabilities

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