TEACHING MENSTRUAL CARE TO MENTALLY RETARDED WOMEN: ACQUISITION, GENERALIZATION, AND MAINTENANCE

We evaluated a training package designed to teach menstrual care skills to five mild to severely mentally retarded women. Three specific skill areas (changing stained underwear; sanitary napkin; and both stained underwear and sanitary napkin) were task analyzed and taught in a sequential manner. Res...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 1984, Vol.17 (4), p.441-451
Main Authors: Richman, Gina S., Reiss, Maxin L., Bauman, Kenneth E., Bailey, Jon S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Hygiene
Intellectual deficiency
Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation
Medical sciences
menstrual care
Menstruation
mental retardation
multiple baseline
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
self-care
task analysis
Task Performance and Analysis
Teaching - methods
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Summary:We evaluated a training package designed to teach menstrual care skills to five mild to severely mentally retarded women. Three specific skill areas (changing stained underwear; sanitary napkin; and both stained underwear and sanitary napkin) were task analyzed and taught in a sequential manner. Results of a multiple‐baseline design across women indicated that the training package was successful in teaching these skills; the women continued to perform the skills during naturally occurring menses up to 5 months following termination of the study.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.1984.17-441