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Foxx, Richard M.; Dufrense, Derrick – Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, 1984
A severely retarded psychotic male who found restraint reinforcing was treated by a two-phase program including reinforcement with restraint for increasingly longer periods of noninjury and timeout from restraint and gradual fading of self-restraining (holding objects in his hands). Significant reductions in self-injurious behavior have continued…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Self Mutilation
