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AbstractSelf‐stimulatory behavior is described as a class of stereotyped and repetitive behaviors. This behavior often warrants concern because it can interfere with the learning and maintenance of more appropriate functional behaviors. In the present study, several topographies of self‐stimulation were generated and the behavior of three older adult nursing home patients was observed for six weeks. Self‐stimulation was high rate in all three subjects, and the manifestation of the behavior was idiosyncratic. Potential etiological factors and implications for treatment were disc

ISSN:1072-0847    

DOI:10.1002/bin.2360020402

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractSeventeen living units in a residential treatment facility for developmentally disabled persons were assessed to determine the availability of teaching opportunities during the course of a normal day's routine. Teaching opportunities exist when the environment is arranged so that residents can participate in the ongoing activities. The teaching opportunities are identified within components that are recognizable activities that occur routinely and have a functional purpose. An assessment form was constructed as a means for documenting teachng opportunities. Assessments were conducted continuously from early morning through evening activities. The results of the assessments suggested that two approaches to resident care were in operation at the facility: one was characterized by a traditional care/custodial model, the other was characterized by a teaching model. On units where the number of teaching opportunities available was high, there was a smaller percentage of unstructured time, i.e., blocks of time when opportunities to engage in structured activities were not available to the residents.

ISSN:1072-0847    

DOI:10.1002/bin.2360020403

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractVomiting of nonmedical origin by retarded persons has been found to be greatly influenced by reinforcement procedures. To explicate the possible influence of the rate and amount of food intake, a satiation procedure and a spaced‐eating procedure were provided to three profoundly retarded adults with this problem. Vomiting was found to double or triple after satiation for each subject, and to decrease during spaced eating for each subject; the decrease was especially great for the two subjects who learned to eat most slowly after extended spaced eating training. These results suggest that vomiting is caused in large part by excessive stomach loading and can be effectively treated by reducing the eating rate and/or amount of food intake. This generalization may also apply to infants and to the bulimic binge‐purge cycle of nonretarded adu

ISSN:1072-0847    

DOI:10.1002/bin.2360020404

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractRecent trends toward deinstitutionalization have lead to an increased prevalence of behavioral and physical handicaps within institutional populations. At the same time, funding allocations have remained constant or have reduced creating an ever increasing need for the most efficient and cost‐effective delivery of services. The present article traces the evolution of a program designed to create in‐house panels of experts in an intermediate care facility for nonambulatory, severely and profoundly retarded children. The model is proposed as a means of improving quality of care and staff expertise and reducing the need for outside consultat

ISSN:1072-0847    

DOI:10.1002/bin.2360020405

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1072-0847    

DOI:10.1002/bin.2360020401

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY