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- Title
Alternative response training with contingent practice as intervention for pica in a school setting.
- Authors
Joseph N. Ricciardi; James K. Luiselli; Shannon Terrill; Kathleen Reardon
- Abstract
Pica is a serious challenging behavior displayed by some persons with developmental disabilities. We report the near-elimination of automatically reinforced pica in a 7-year-old boy diagnosed with autism by having him practice an alternative response (discarding objects) contingent on attempted or actual pica. Intervention was implemented 6 hours per day, under naturalistic conditions in a school setting, with outcome maintained through a 4 month follow-up phase of evaluation. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
AUTISM in children; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; AUTISM; CHILD development deviations; BOYS
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2003, Vol 18, Issue 3, p219
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.135