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Reed, Derek D.; Luiselli, James K.; Morizio, Lindsey C.; Child, Stephanie N. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2010
The present study describes a case of a 9-year-old girl diagnosed on the autism spectrum who averaged nearly 1200 hand-to-head self-injuries (+attempts) per school day. Given the resources of the school and the significance of the self-injurious behavior (SIB), analog functional analysis is not possible. Moreover, functional assessment results…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Identification
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Sigafoos, Jeff; O'Reilly, Mark; Ma, Chia Hui; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Cannella, Helen; Lancioni, Giulio E. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Embedded instruction and discrete-trial training are both recommended for teaching children with autism, but there is little research available comparing the two. The present study compared embedded instruction with discrete-trial training for a 12-year-old boy with autism. Method: An initial functional analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Autism, Self Destructive Behavior, Teaching Methods