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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"People with mental disabilities--Behavior"”.
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Frequency of Reinforcement as a Determinant of Timeout Effectiveness
… timeout procedure involving sitting in a corner with a quietroom as a backup was administered contingent on each occurrence of specified disruptive behaviors. Reinforcement frequency for alternative behavior was then systematically varied using zero, ten, thirty, and sixty reinforcers per hour in …
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The Use of Behavior Modification Techniques to Accomplish Dental Treatment on a Retarded Boy : Two Case Studies
… reinforcement in controlling the behavior of a retarded boy during dental treatment. Procedure: Case 1-A token reinforcement system was established. Tokens were contingent on the patient's compliance with dentist' requests and his toleration of treatment procedures. This …
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The Effects of Feedback on the Performance of Paraprofessional Behavior Modifiers and Their Retarded-Trainees
The problem. To determine whether the behavior modification skills of hospital attendants are improvable by program respecifications, delayed graphic feedback, or by immediate verbal feedback. To also determine if these improved skills would result in the desired behavior change in the retarded …
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Society's impact on the social wellbeing of Gozitan persons with disability and challenging behaviour and their family
… to this study is the social wellbeing of persons with disability and challenging behaviour and their family in the context of Gozo. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the impact, that a small society like Gozo, has on the social wellbeing of persons with disability and challenging …