With An Eye to the Past - 1970s

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By 1971, developmental programming was also underway.

Developmental programming meant that all people could learn if learning was divided into small tasks taught in sequence.

By the early 1970s, developmental
programming was being widely used to
teach people with developmental disabilities
important skills such as using the telephone.

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