The body of instructional research addressing community leisure skill training for students who are mentally retarded and severely physically disabled is limited. Effective training typically requires the use of a variety of partial participation techniques with these individuals, such as use of adapted devices and rule changes. The program presented here utilized adapted devices to enable students with mental retardation and severe physical disabilities to participate in the community leisure activity of miniature golf. With minimal instruction, the students acquired a sequence of skills that enabled them to actively participate in the game.
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