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REDUCTION OF SELF‐INJURIOUS HAND MOUTHING USING RESPONSE BLOCKING
Author(s) -
Reid Dennis H.,
Parsons Marsha B.,
Phillips James F.,
Green Carolyn W.
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.26-139
Subject(s) - blocking (statistics) , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , developmental psychology , medicine , mathematics , statistics
We evaluated a response‐blocking procedure for reducing the self‐injurious hand mouthing of 2 adults with profound disabilities. The procedure reduced mouthing in both cases. The results suggest research is warranted to delineate the behavioral process responsible for the effect of response blocking and to determine the procedure's long‐term utility.