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INCREASING WEARING OF PRESCRIPTION GLASSES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
Author(s) -
DeLeon Iser G.,
Hagopian Louis P.,
RodriguezCatter Vanessa,
Bowman Lynn G.,
Long Ethan S.,
Boelter Eric W.
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.41-137
Subject(s) - medical prescription , intervention (counseling) , distraction , psychology , reinforcement , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , nursing , cognitive psychology
This study evaluated an intervention for promoting wearing of prescription glasses in 4 individuals with mental retardation who had refused to wear their glasses previously. Distraction through noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) increased independent glasses wearing for 1 of the 4 participants. An intervention consisting of NCR, response cost, and brief response blocking (until 5 s without an attempt to remove glasses had elapsed) increased glasses wearing for the others. Partial component analyses revealed that different components of the package were sufficient or necessary to sustain glasses wearing across participants.