Using Decelerative Contingencies to Reduce the Self-Injurious Behavior of People with Multiple Handicaps: The Effects of Response Satiation?.

Realon, Rodney E.; Konarski, Edward A., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ470749

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Publication Date: 1993

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Using Decelerative Contingencies to Reduce the Self-Injurious Behavior of People with Multiple Handicaps: The Effects of Response Satiation?

Realon, Rodney E.; Konarski, Edward A., Jr.

Research in Developmental Disabilities, v14 n5 p341-57 Sep-Oct 1993

The response satiation model of instrumental performance was used in two experiments to establish contingencies which reduced the self-injurious behavior of two adults with profound mental retardation and multiple handicaps. Transfer and generalization of training effects were also observed. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Generalization, Multiple Disabilities, Outcomes of Treatment, Responses, Self Destructive Behavior, Severe Mental Retardation, Training Methods, Transfer of Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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