NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
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
Travis, Robert; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
Although delusional statements in people with intellectual disabilities and traumatic brain injury can be treated using behavioral interventions, none have demonstrated long-term treatment effects. In the current study, a functional analysis demonstrated that delusional statements were maintained by attention. Differential reinforcement of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Multiple Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Reinforcement