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. 1984 Winter;17(4):441-51.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-441.

Teaching menstrual care to mentally retarded women: acquisition, generalization, and maintenance

G S Richman, M L Reiss, K E Bauman, J S Bailey

Teaching menstrual care to mentally retarded women: acquisition, generalization, and maintenance

G S Richman et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 1984 Winter.

Abstract

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.

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