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- Title
Identifying operant functions for tics in children with mental retardation.
- Authors
Richman, David M.; Lindauer, Steve E.
- Abstract
Functional analyses were used to assess the effects of environmental consequences on occurrences of repetitive vocal behavior that had been diagnosed as chronic vocal tics in two adolescent males with mental retardation. The functional analyses indicated that one participant's tics were sensitive to positive reinforcement in the form of caregiver attention, while the second participant's tics occurred independent of social consequences. The results are discussed in terms of using functional analysis methodology during assessment, diagnosis, and treatment selection for suspected tics. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
OPERANT behavior; FUNCTIONAL analysis; CHILDREN with intellectual disabilities; INTELLECTUAL disabilities; TIC disorders
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2002, Vol 17, Issue 3, p179
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.113