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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND INTERVENTION FOR BREATH HOLDING |
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| Authors: | Lee Kern Joyce E. Mauk Tamara J. Marder F. Charles Mace |
| Abstract: | We conducted a functional analysis of breath-holding episodes in a 7-year-old girl with severe mental retardation and Cornelia-de-Lange syndrome. The results showed that breath holding served an operant function, primarily to gain access to attention. The intervention, consisting of extinction, scheduled attention, and use of a picture card communication system, resulted in decreased breath holding. |
| Keywords: | breath holding functional analysis developmental disabilities scheduled attention Cornelia-de-Lange syndrome |