Abstract
After a pre-treatment screening analysis suggested that rumination exhibited by a boy with autism occurred in the absence of social consequences, we evaluated the effect of a verbal reprimand contingent on the target behavior via a reversal design. The reprimand reduced rumination to near-zero levels; we then thinned the reprimand schedule and rumination remained infrequent. Follow-up data collected 6, 12, and 18months after initial treatment suggested that intervention effects were maintained.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 339-345 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Behavioral Interventions |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health