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Component Analysis and Stimulus Control Assessment of a Behavior Deceleration Treatment Package.
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Cameron, Michael J.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
Treatment with two setting condition manipulations and use of a visual occlusion helmet was found to decelerate intense screaming by a 16-year-old girl with developmental disabilities. Cranial pressure was found to be the critical element in self-control, and replacing the helmet with a headband was found to be effective in maintaining behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities
Self-Regulatory Behaviors in Children with Down Syndrome and Typically Developing Children Measured Using the Goodman Lock Box.
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Gilmore, Linda; Cuskelly, Monica; Hayes, Alan – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
The Goldman Lock Box provides two measures of self-regulation, planfulness and maintenance of goal-directed behavior. Lock Box performance of 25 children with down syndrome was compared with that of 43 typically developing children, matched for mental age. Children in both groups showed similar levels of competence, planfulness and…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Development, Down Syndrome, Mental Retardation
A Survey of Self-Restraint, Self-Injury, and Other Maladaptive Behaviors in an Institutionalized Retarded Population.
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Fovel, J. Tyler; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
A survey of 39 psychologists at a state school for mentally retarded persons assessed the prevalence of self-restraint, self-injurious behavior (SIB) and other maladaptive behaviors. Results indicated that almost all clients engaging in self-restraint also engaged in self-injurious behavior. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Incidence, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
The Effects of Progressive Relaxation Training on the Disruptive Behavior of a Boy with Autism.
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Mullins, Jo Lynne; Christian, LeeAnn – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study examined the effects of progressive relaxation training on the disruptive behaviors of a 12-year-old boy with autism. The participant acquired progressive relaxation skills, displayed more relaxed behavior after performing the procedures, and showed a decrease in the duration of his disruptive behavior upon completing progressive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
Use of Self-Operated Auditory Prompts To Decrease Aberrant Behaviors in Students with Moderate Mental Retardation.
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Alberto, Paul A.; Taber, Teresa A.; Fredrick, Laura D. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1999
This study examined the effectiveness of self-operated auditory prompts when used to decrease the off-task and aberrant behaviors of two 19-year-old students with moderate mental retardation. Previous findings were replicated to demonstrate that stimulus control can be achieved through self-operated auditory prompts in school and community…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Moderate Mental Retardation
Soles of the Feet: A Mindfulness-Based Self-Control Intervention for Aggression by an Individual with Mild Mental Retardation and Mental Illness.
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Wahler, Robert G.; Adkins, Angela D.; Myers, Rachel E. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
A mindfulness-based, self-control strategy was developed for an adult with mental retardation and mental illness whose aggression had precluded successful community placement. He was taught a simple meditation technique that required him to shift his attention and awareness from the anger-producing situation to the soles of his feet. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Behavior Modification, Case Studies
Say-Do-Report Training To Change Chronic Behaviors in Mentally Retarded Subjects.
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Luciano-Soriano, M. Carmen; Molina-Cobos, Francisco J.; Gomez-Becerra, Immaculada – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000
A say-do-report correspondence training was implemented to break the functions of present conditions given by a history of contingencies maintaining chronic inadequate patterns of behavior in two adolescents with mental retardation and language deficits. All behaviors changed and were maintained, even after eliminating the components involved in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Language Impairments