Functional analysis and treatment of breath holding maintained by nonsocial reinforcement. |
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| Authors: | D M Richman S E Lindauer K A Crosland T L McKerchar P S Morse |
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| Affiliation: | Institiute of Child Development, Developmental Disabilities Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA. drichman@kumc.edu |
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| Abstract: | A functional analysis showed that breath holding exhibited by a 16‐year‐old boy with mental retardation occurred independent of social consequences. Assessment results of the existing treatment procedure—a verbal reprimand—were used to design a treatment package that reduced the behavior to low levels across 7 months. |
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| Keywords: | breath holding hypoxia functional analysis developmental disabilities |
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