Microswitch clusters promote adaptive responses and reduce finger mouthing in a boy with multiple disabilities

Behavior Modification

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 892-900

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Singh, Nirbhay N ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Oliva, Doretta ^e   Baccani, Simona ^e   Groeneweg, Jop ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive responses; Finger mouthing; Microswitch clusters; Multiple disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISABILITY; HABIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 33749820637     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445505283416     Document Type: Article

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