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Teaching interview skills to mentally retarded persons

S F Elias-Burger, C K Sigelman, W E Danley

    American Journal of Mental Deficiency
    |May 1, 1981
    PubMed
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    Interview skills training for individuals with intellectual disabilities showed promise. Verbal feedback significantly improved responsiveness and eye contact, suggesting minimal intervention can enhance interview performance.

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    Area of Science:

    • Behavioral Psychology
    • Disability Studies
    • Vocational Rehabilitation

    Background:

    • Impressions made by individuals with intellectual disabilities in interviews are influenced by specific behaviors.
    • Target behaviors include responsiveness, speech intelligibility, eye contact, smiling, and attractiveness.
    • Effective interview skills are crucial for employment opportunities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the effectiveness of interview skills training for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
    • To compare different feedback methods within a training program.
    • To determine the feasibility of improving interview skills with minimal intervention.

    Main Methods:

    • A training program using an instruction-modeling-rehearsal-feedback (IMRF) format was implemented.
    • Two training conditions varied in feedback type: video tape and verbal feedback versus verbal feedback alone.
    • A placebo condition served as a control group.

    Main Results:

    • Formal training was only marginally more effective than the placebo condition.
    • Significant improvements were observed in responsiveness and eye contact within the verbal-feedback group.
    • Trends indicated potential benefits across other behaviors with minimal intervention.

    Conclusions:

    • Interview skills training, particularly with verbal feedback, can effectively improve specific behaviors like responsiveness and eye contact in individuals with intellectual disabilities.
    • Minimal intervention strategies show feasibility for enhancing interview performance.
    • Further research may explore optimizing training protocols for broader skill development.

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