Differential Reinforcement to Reduce Disruptive Behaviors in a Blind Boy with a Learning Disability.

Heitzman, A. J.; Alimena, M. J.

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ERIC Number: EJ431314

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Differential Reinforcement to Reduce Disruptive Behaviors in a Blind Boy with a Learning Disability.

Heitzman, A. J.; Alimena, M. J.

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v85 n4 p176-77 Apr 1991

Differential reinforcement of low rates of responding was used to reduce the disruptive behaviors of a blind 12-year-old boy with a learning disability. The subject earned reinforcers by not exceeding the established criterion of disruptive behaviors. An overall 88 percent reduction in target behaviors was observed across a 26-day period. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Blindness, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Reinforcement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers

Language: English

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