Promoting adaptive foot movements and reducing hand mouthing and eye poking in a boy with multiple disabilities through microswitch technology

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Sigafoos, Jeff ^d   Oliva, Doretta ^e   Pidala, Sara ^e   Piazzolla, Giorgia ^e   Bosco, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e LEGA F D ORO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aberrant behavior; Adaptive responding; Developmental disabilities; Microswitch cluster

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEVICE THERAPY; DISABILITY; FOOT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROSWITCH CLUSTER TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOPATHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34547485525     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070601097999     Document Type: Article

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