Abstract
This study evaluated a simulation training program to teach bank depositing skills to a person characterized as moderately mentally retarded. Based on a task analysis of specific skills, the subject was instructed to operate an automated banking machine. The skills of accessing the machine, conducting the transaction, and terminating the transaction were sequentially taught using a simulated mock-up of the automated bankmachine. Generalization probes in the natural environment were conducted before, during, and after training. Results of a multiple-probe design across target behaviors indicated that up to six months after training, the subject maintained appropriate banking skills using an actual automated banking machine. These findings further support the utility of carefully designed simulated training programs to teach community survival skills to individuals who are mentally retarded.
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