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- Title
Effects of powered mobility on self-initiated behaviors of very young children with locomotor disability.
- Authors
Butler, Charlene; Butler, C
- Abstract
This study reports the effects of powered mobility on the self-initiated behavior of six children with various disabilities who, between 23 and 38 months of age, learnt to use motorized wheelchairs in less than three weeks. Using a multiple baseline design, two-hour observation periods were video-recorded at 10-day intervals before and after they achieved independent mobility. Frequency of self-initiated interaction with objects, spatial exploration and communication with care-giver were analyzed. Three children increased all three types of behavior; one increased in two types but decreased in interaction with objects; and two increased in spatial exploration only.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; HUMAN locomotion; PEOPLE with disabilities; WHEELCHAIRS
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1986, Vol 28, Issue 3, p325
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1986.tb03881.x