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Wolfson, Amy; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1992
Assigned 60 couples to training group learning behavioral strategies to promote healthy sleep patterns in infants or to control group. At 6-9 weeks, training group infants displayed significantly better sleeping patterns than did control infants. Training group parents awakened and responded less often to infant signaling and reported greater…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Competence, Infants
Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Basili, Gabriella – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1999
A review of 14 studies on treatment strategies for sleep problems in individuals with severe mental retardation found the following treatments had been used: sleep scheduling, bedtime routine plus gradual distancing of parents, extinction, bedtime fading with or without response cost, chronotherapy, and melatonin. Results of treatments are…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Children
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Roane, Henry S.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Bodnar, Laura E.; Zimmerman, Kerri L. – Infants and Young Children, 2000
This article reviews the extant literature on the occurrence of sleep disorders in children with developmental disabilities. Various assessment and treatment strategies for sleep difficulties are examined and issues are discussed that may influence treatment development as well as the best practices for addressing sleep difficulties. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
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Didden, Robert; De Moor, Jan; Kruit, Inge Wichink – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1999
A case study assessed the efficacy of extinction of parental attention on nighttime crying of a 2-year-old Dutch child with a physical disability. Parents of the child were instructed to ignore nighttime crying. Extinction of parental attention was effective in the elimination and long-term maintenance of nighttime crying. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Child Rearing
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Morrison, J. R.; Storey, Brian – Clearing House, 1986
Discusses the causes of insomnia, its detection, and various types of treatment. (SRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Alcoholism, Behavior Change