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MODIFICATION OF SEVERE DISRUPTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR USING BRIEF TIMEOUT AND REINFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
Author(s) -
Bostow Darrel E.,
Bailey J. B.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1969.2-31
Subject(s) - timeout , reinforcement , psychology , behavior change , time out , applied behavior analysis , audiology , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , autism , computer science , computer network
Brief timeout for disruptive and aggressive behaviors and reinforcement for appropriate behaviors were used with two retarded patients in a state hospital ward setting. The procedures reduced loud vocal behavior in one patient and aggressive behavior in another to near‐zero levels when first applied. The behaviors returned to previous levels when the procedures were removed and were again greatly reduced when timeout and reinforcement were reapplied. The results were significant because the behavior problems were severe and long‐standing and the procedures were instituted without greatly disturbing normal ward routine.