Citation

Sigafoos J, Others A. Educ. Treat. Child. 1996; 19(2): 101-23.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, West Virginia University Press)

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Abstract

A naturalistic assessment of self-injurious behavior in an 11-year-old boy with multiple disabilities, including severe mental retardation, found that the boy's self-injury was occasioned by low attention and low stimulation and maintained by tangible and social reinforcement. Naturalistic assessment effectively guided the selection of behavioral interventions for reducing self-injury and head banging.

Language: en