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Volkert, Valerie M.; Vaz, Petula C. M.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Frese, Jana; Barnett, Lara – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We evaluated the effects of redistribution and swallow facilitation with a flipped spoon on packing in 2 children with a feeding disorder. For both participants, packing decreased when we implemented the flipped spoon treatment package. Mechanisms responsible for behavior change and areas of future research are discussed. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Behavior Modification, Eating Disorders, Children
Nabeyama, Bobby; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
The study analyzed the effects of self-recording and behavioral skills training on guarding responses of 3 staff members while they assisted 3 students with multiple disabilities to ambulate. The intervention increased the percentage of correct posture and guarding responses and the distance that students ambulated. These effects generalized when…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Skill Development, Caregivers
Roane, Henry S.; Kelley, Michael E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
In the current investigation, a functional analysis suggested that positive reinforcement in the form of physical contact maintained the self-injurious behavior of a girl with developmental and physical disabilities. We used the information obtained from the functional analysis to develop a treatment for noncompliance with walking in which a…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement