A systematic review and evaluation of response redirection as a treatment for challenging behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3148-3158

  Lydon, Sinéad ^a   Healy, Olive ^a   O'Reilly, Mark ^b   McCoy, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic reinforcement; Challenging behavior; Developmental disabilities; Empirically supported treatment; Evidence based; Problem behavior; Redirection; Response interruption and redirection; Response redirection; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREATH HOLDING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MICROCEPHALY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE INTERRUPTION AND REDIRECTION THERAPY; RESPONSE REDIRECTION THERAPY; REVIEW; STEREOTYPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

AUTOMATIC REINFORCEMENT; CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; REDIRECTION; RESPONSE INTERRUPTION AND REDIRECTION; RESPONSE REDIRECTION; STEREOTYPY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 84881005674     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.010     Document Type: Review

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