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The Use of a Physical Restraint Procedure to Reduce a Severely Intellectually Disabled Child's Tantrums

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Hal Swerissen  and
Janine Carruthers
Hal Swerissen*
Affiliation:
Lincoln Institute of HealthSciences
Janine Carruthers
Affiliation:
Victoria College
*
School of Behavioural Sciences, Lincoln Institute of Health Services, 625 Swanston Street, Carlton Vic. 3053
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Abstract

A brief physical restraint procedure combined with differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviour was used to reduce the tantrum behaviour of a five-year-old severely intellectually disabled girl in a classroom setting. Daily frequency recording of tantrum behaviour demonstrated a marked reduction of tantrums in classroom settings following intervention which was maintained at followup. Staff also reported concomitant increases in the subject's participation in class activities. Spontaneous generalization of reductions in tantrum behaviour to non-programmed settings and staff was not found.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 34 - 38
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1987

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