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Self‐management programmes with mentally retarded workers: Implications for developing independent vocational behaviour
Author(s) -
Wehman Paul,
Schutz Richard,
Bates Paul,
Renzaglia Adelle,
Karan Orv
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00897.x
Subject(s) - mentally retarded , psychology , reinforcement , contingency management , vocational education , differential reinforcement , developmental psychology , contingency , work (physics) , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , pedagogy , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , intervention (counseling)
Three research studies were conducted to investigate the differential effects of externally administered, self‐administered and self‐determined reinforcement contingencies on the work production rates of developmentally disabled workers. The results of Expt. I indicated that Client 1, a profoundly retarded male, would work at equivalent rates under externally administered or self‐administered reinforcers. Experiment II indicated that a severely retarded male would also work at a high work rate under a self‐determined reinforcement contingency. The results of Expt. III replicated these findings in a more controlled design. Different tasks adapted from community workshops were utilized in each study. The implications of these studies for developing independent vocational behaviour in the retarded were discussed.