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Acquisition of Self-Help Skills

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Handbook of Behavior Modification with the Mentally Retarded

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Self-help skills, or daily living skills, may be defined as those behaviors that allow individuals to care independently for their own bodily needs. The mentally retarded person needs to be able to eat, use the toilet, dress, and perform personal hygiene to meet basic requirements for independence and normalcy. Once these skills are acquired, caregivers could redirect time and effort previously devoted to basic care to education and training of residents, thus facilitating a more productive environment.

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Taras, M.E., Matese, M. (1990). Acquisition of Self-Help Skills. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Behavior Modification with the Mentally Retarded. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2501-5_11

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