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Houlihan, Michael; Houten, Ron Van – Education and Treatment of Children, 1989
The article reviews various therapies for hyperactivity including pharmacological and behavioral therapies. The heterogeneous nature of this population suggests that punishment procedures used as part of a behavioral management intervention may be effective in establishing responsible behavior and warrant more research. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Drug Therapy, Hyperactivity
Butterfield, Earl C. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
This introduction to several articles on punishment in treating persons with mental retardation notes the ethical dilemmas involved and offers the editor's view that research on the side effects and relative efficacy of various treatments for reducing self-injurious behaviors should continue, and clinical practice should be guided by research…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Ethics, Mental Retardation, Punishment
Mulick, James A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
The conflict between viewing aversive therapeutic interventions with mentally retarded persons from either an ideological or scientific perspective is examined. It is concluded that some of those who reject aversive therapeutic interventions do so out of a poor understanding of behavioral science and a primarily ideological frame of reference.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Sciences, Ideology
Guess, Doug; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
This paper comments on James Mulick's paper (EC 232 032) and views Mulick as rigidly committed to the behavioral paradigm, selectively evaluating data, and misrepresenting the opposition. Because aversive procedures are not wholly effective, positive, educative interventions are encouraged. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Sciences, Ideology
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Duker, Pieter C.; Seys, Daniel M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Twelve individuals (ages 3-43) with severe/profound mental retardation and life-threatening self-injurious behaviors were exposed to electrical aversion treatment using a remotely controlled device. With seven individuals, suppression of the behavior was nearly complete in that physical restraints were no longer necessary. With three individuals,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Electrical Stimuli, Outcomes of Treatment
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Linscheid, Thomas R.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The Self-Injurious Behavior Inhibiting System (in which mild and brief contingent electric stimulation is delivered) was evaluated with five cases involving severe mental retardation and previously unmanageable self-injurious behavior. Findings indicated almost complete elimination of the self-injurious behavior with followup suggesting continuing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Children
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Lerman, Dorothea C.; Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
This paper presents a method for distinguishing between extinction and punishment effects. In extinction and punishment, different schedules of reinforcement or punishment are in effect when a given proportion of responses is blocked. Response patterns in treatment of hand mouthing in an adult with profound mental retardation suggest that a…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies
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Zirpoli, Thomas J.; Lloyd, John Wills – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1987
The literature review looks at self-injurious behaviors in handicapped students in terms of characteristics, prevalence, etiology (biological, psychological, and as learned behavior), and management including extinction, positive punishment, negative punishment, and reinforcement of other behaviors. Problems in areas of management, administration,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology
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Mazaleski, Jodi L.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study evaluated effects of noncontingent and contingent protective equipment as treatment for self-injurious hand mouthing by two women with profound mental retardation. Behavior change appeared to be effected in both conditions. Results suggest either a punishment or a timeout interpretation, rather than an extinction interpretation, for the…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
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Grace, Nancy C.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study, with an 11-year-old male with severe mental retardation, investigated the effectiveness of selectively implementing punishment for only the most severe topographies of aggression and property destruction, whereas less extreme behaviors were ignored. Results indicated that severe behaviors were reduced to near-zero levels only when both…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
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Miller, Gloria – Special Services in the Schools, 1987
Issues in effective diagnosis of such dishonest behavior as cheating, lying, and nonconfrontative stealing are discussed. Published intervention approaches for dishonest behavior are reviewed, including negative sanctions, direct appeals to morality, public affirmation, covert sensitization, timeout, reinforcement contingency procedures, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Cheating, Contingency Management
Schmitt, Barton D. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
Seven difficult developmental phases for parents are colic, awakening at night, separation anxiety, normal exploratory behavior, normal negativism, normal poor appetite, and toilet training resistance. Principles of behavior modification and alternatives to physical punishment are given for each phase as part of the treatment plan for the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Rearing