Training and generalization of sexual abuse prevention skills for women with mental retardation

Previous research has shown that behavioral skills training to teach sexual abuse prevention skills to women with mental retardation results in skill acquisition but poor generalization. In this investigation we evaluated pro cedures for enhancing generalization following training. Five women with me ntal retardation received 10 behavioral skills training sessions followed b y in situ training when the skills did not fully generalize. Behavioral ski lls training resulted in skill acquisition and in situ training produced ge neralized responding during naturalistic assessments.