SOCIAL TRAINING IN A WARD SITUATION

Summary Two groups of adult male trainees of varying levels of retardation were instructed and monitored over a period of 9 months in various aspects of social education. The training took place in an up-graded home-orientated atmosphere. Group A and B together showed an increase of 44 per cent in skill competence over the 9 month period and 46 per cent increase over the control group.