Six formerly institutionalized severely handicapped adults living in a nursing home were taught a cooperative leisure skill. Specifically, they were taught to self-initiate, sustain, and terminate a lotto game activity. The game skills were task-analyzed and taught through a systematic prompt hierarchy. All six participants acquired the leisure skill. Informal follow-up observations indicated that participants continued to self-initiate, sustain, and terminate the leisure activity as much as two weeks beyond the program's termination.
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