NCJ Number
109389
Date Published
Unknown
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The effectiveness of a 16-week training program on topics such as social-sexual skills, self-protection, and assertiveness skills was evaluated, with the purpose of reducing the risk of sexual exploitation of 72 moderately and mildly retarded adults.
Abstract
Results demonstrated that subjects who received training improved on behavioral tests of social understanding and that moderately retarded trained subjects improved relative to moderately retarded controls on the cognitive portion of the test. Findings also indicated that I.Q. and sex of the subjects interacted on the behavioral measures. Consideration of social skills is discussed in relationship with the mentally retarded subjects' cognitive abilities. A major finding was that individuals receiving the training, with I.Q.'s as low as 30, could show a significant gain in raw mean score when compared to like control subjects. 6 references. (Author abstract modified)