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DECREASING DANGEROUS INFANT BEHAVIORS THROUGH PARENT INSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Mathews Judith R.,
Friman Patrick C.,
Barone Vincent J.,
Ross Linda V.,
Christophersen Edward R.
Publication year - 1987
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.1987.20-165
Subject(s) - multiple baseline design , psychology , developmental psychology , baseline (sea) , behavior change , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , social psychology , oceanography , geology
One adult and three adolescent mothers with 1‐year‐old infants were taught to reduce their infants' potential for injury in the home. After being taught to increase their positive interactions with their infants, the mothers were taught to child‐proof the home, to use playpen time‐out for potentially dangerous behaviors, and to give positive attention for safe behaviors. A multiple baseline design across subjects was used to evaluate functional control. Potentially dangerous behaviors, observed during 10 min of free play, decreased from variable and, at times, high rates during baseline to stable near‐zero rates after treatment. These target behaviors remained low at a 7‐month follow‐up assessment.