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Peer reviewedBaumeister, Alan A.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1978
Two severely retarded institutionalized children (4 and 7 years old) who exhibited high rates of severely self-injurious behaviors were punished with aromatic ammonia inhalation on a response-contingent basis. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research
Mithaug, Dennis E. – AAESPH Review, 1979
The study compared the relative effectiveness of different procedures (two potentially positive and two potentially negative reinforcing procedures) for decreasing response durations in three severely retarded 14- to 20-year-old women who were severely disruptive and noncompliant. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research
Gaylord-Ross, Robert J. – 1979
Four treatment procedures were evaluated for effectiveness in reducing self injurious behavior (SIB) of 22 severely handicapped students. Treatment procedures included contingent restraint, reinforcement withdrawal, differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior, and ommission training (rewarding the S for not emitting the SIB response).…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research
Gaylord-Ross, Robert J.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1980
Findings showed an interaction between mands (instructional directions) and response type. Only when a mand was given during performance of the sorting task did the frequency of SIB increase. The contingent application of verbal praise had a minor, though systematic, effect in reducing the frequency of SIB. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Contingency Management
