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PROMOTING PERFORMANCE FLUENCY IN A PERSON WITH PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND BLINDNESS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2002

Giulio E. Lancioni ,
Mark F. O'Reilly ,
Francesca Campodonico  and
Margherita Mantini
Giulio E. Lancioni
Affiliation:
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Mark F. O'Reilly
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Ireland
Francesca Campodonico
Affiliation:
Lega F. D'Oro Research Centre, Osimo, Italy
Margherita Mantini
Affiliation:
Lega F. D'Oro Research Centre, Osimo, Italy
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Abstract

A combination of synchronous reinforcement and verbal prompts (automatically delivered through portable technology) was used to promote performance fluency in a person with profound intellectual disability and blindness. Performance fluency was measured on indoor walking and task engagement. Data indicated that the combination of reinforcement (favourite songs) and prompts was quite effective; it increased the distance covered per minute and the number of objects disassembled per minute. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Keywords

Synchronous reinforcementverbal promptsportable technologyperformance fluencyintellectual disabilityblindness
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 373 - 377
Copyright
© 2001 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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