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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND INTERVENTION FOR BREATH HOLDING
Author(s) -
Kern Lee,
Mauk Joyce E.,
Marder Tamara J.,
Mace F. Charles
Publication year - 1995
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.1995.28-339
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , functional analysis , extinction (optical mineralogy) , girl , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , biology
We conducted a functional analysis of breath‐holding episodes in a 7‐year‐old girl with severe mental retardation and Cornelia‐de‐Lange syndrome. The results showed that breath holding served an operant function, primarily to gain access to attention. The intervention, consisting of extinction, scheduled attention, and use of a picture card communication system, resulted in decreased breath holding.