Suppression of Repetitive Self-Injurious Behavior by Contingent Inhalation of Aromatic Ammonia.

Baumeister, Alan A.; Baumeister, Alfred A.

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ERIC Number: EJ184844

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978

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Suppression of Repetitive Self-Injurious Behavior by Contingent Inhalation of Aromatic Ammonia

Baumeister, Alan A.; Baumeister, Alfred A.

Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 8, 1, 71-7, Mar 78

Two severely retarded institutionalized children (4 and 7 years old) who exhibited high rates of severely self-injurious behaviors were punished with aromatic ammonia inhalation on a response-contingent basis. (Author/SBH)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Negative Reinforcement, Self Mutilation, Severe Mental Retardation

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