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Marion, Sarah DeBoard; Touchette, Paul E.; Sandman, Curt A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
This study with 45 institutionalized individuals with mental retardation and self injurious behavior (SIB) calculated conditional probability using sequential analysis techniques. It found that successive episodes of self-injury were sequentially dependent and this association was not related to frequency or rate of occurrence. The best predictor…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Children, Incidence
Peer reviewedDavis, Carol Ann; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
High-probability requests were provided to two boys (age seven) with behavior disorders and severe disabilities as an antecedent to delivering a low-probability request. Results showed an immediate increase in appropriate responding when the intervention was delivered. Generalized responding and response maintenance were also exhibited.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Change Strategies
