Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10318104 | Research in Developmental Disabilities | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
In contrast to the literature on shaping adaptive behavior chains, few applied studies have described procedures for identifying and treating behavior chains involving problem behavior such as self-injury. The present study expands upon past work by conducting a conditional probability analysis and within-session analysis to identify a response chain leading to the occurrence of self-injurious behavior. Based on the hypothesis that stereotypy and self-injury constituted a response chain, the effects of blocking stereotypy were examined. Reductions in both self-injury and in response effort for treatment implementation were observed.
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Authors
Louis P. Hagopian, Theodosia R. Paclawskyj, Stephanie Contrucci Kuhn,