Alternative Strategies and Multiple Outcomes in the Remediation of Severe Self-Injury: Going

Berkman, Karen A.; Meyer, Luanna H.

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ERIC Number: EJ376304

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Publication Date: 1988

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Alternative Strategies and Multiple Outcomes in the Remediation of Severe Self-Injury: Going "All Out" Nonaversively.

Berkman, Karen A.; Meyer, Luanna H.

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), v13 n2 p76-86 Sum 1988

The case study describes various treatments implemented over a three-year period to reduce and eliminate multiple and severe self-injurious behaviors in a 45-year-old retarded and psychotic institutionalized man. Nonaversive intervention and community involvement was associated with positive behavior change and eventual community placement. (DB)

Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Community Programs, Institutionalized Persons, Intervention, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Outcomes of Treatment, Psychosis, Self Mutilation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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