Combined Curricular Intervention with Brief Hands down to Decrease Hand Mouthing and the Use of Arm Splints for a Young Boy with Profound Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Cannella-Malone, Helen I.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Chan, Jeffery M.
Titel	Combined Curricular Intervention with Brief Hands down to Decrease Hand Mouthing and the Use of Arm Splints for a Young Boy with Profound Disabilities
Quelle	In: Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 43 (2008) 3, S.360-366 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-0350
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Intervention; Developmental Disabilities; Severe Disabilities; Program Effectiveness; Human Body; Behavior Modification; Curriculum Design; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Menschlicher Körper; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Lehrplangestaltung; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Hand mouthing is highly prevalent in individuals with severe to profound developmental disabilities. Frequent hand mouthing may interfere with appropriate responding, have negative health impacts, and result in restrictive interventions, such as the application of arm splints, to prevent this challenging behavior. The continuous application of arm splints can have negative health outcomes and can interfere with daily activities. The purpose of this study was to replace arm splints with appropriate curricular activities in a 10-year-old boy with profound disabilities. An intervention package involving the provision of curricular activities and a brief hands down procedure was evaluated using a combined alternating treatments and reversal design across several hours of the school day to demonstrate the effectiveness of the intervention on the reduction of hand mouthing. The intervention was successfully implemented across several hours of the student's school day within his natural school environments. Limitations, implications, and directions for future research are discussed. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Division on Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. DDD, P.O. Box 3512, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Tel: 479-575-3326; Fax: 479-575-6676; Web site: http://www.dddcec.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10