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Mini‐breaks: the use of escape on a fixed‐time schedule to reduce unauthorized breaks from vocational training sites for individuals with brain injury
Author(s) -
Wesolowski Michael D.,
Zencius Arnie H.,
Rodriguez Ileana M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-078x(199907/09)14:3<163::aid-bin30>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , vocational education , schedule , applied psychology , computer science , pedagogy , operating system
This study evaluated mini‐breaks with three individuals who were traumatically brain injured and engaged in unauthorized breaks. The vocational instructors reported that the three participants were having problems staying at their scheduled vocational training sites (walking away without permission). Following baseline, participants were placed on mini‐breaks; that is, participants were given a ten‐minute mini‐break every hour. Thus, mini‐breaks were given without regard to unauthorized breaks. Unauthorized breaks decreased to zero levels for all three participants when mini‐breaks commenced. Following 1 month of the mini‐breaks, two of the participants were put back on a regular break schedule (one 15‐minute AM break and one 15‐minute PM break and a 30‐minute lunch break). The third participant was placed in supported work. The effects of the mini‐breaks were maintained. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.