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Peer reviewedHastings, Richard P.; Remington, Bob – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This article reviews literature on the responses of direct care staff to challenging behaviors of individuals with mental retardation. The paper constructs a behavior analytic description of the functions of care staff behavior in relation to their clients' challenging behaviors, draws a distinction between contingency-shaped and rule-governed…
Descriptors: Attendants, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
Mount, Rebecca H.; Hastings, Richard P.; Reilly, Sheena; Cass, Hilary; Charman, Tony – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
A study compared 143 girls (ages 6-14) with Rett syndrome with 85 girls with severe mental retardation on the Developmental Behavior Checklist. Girls with Rett syndrome presented more "autistic relating" and fewer antisocial behaviors. When compared to children with autism, they did not present with classic autistic behavioral features.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classification
Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2000
This article discusses the successes of behavior analysts in affecting challenging behaviors in persons with developmental disabilities. Three future issues are then addressed: the development of challenging behaviors, the role of rule-governance in challenging behavior, and the behavior of persons who directly apply functional assessment and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns
