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ERIC Number: EJ272710
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Sep
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Treatment of Self-Abusive Behaviors Using Positive Intervention with an Autistic Boy.
Freschi, David F.; DiLeo, P. Dale
Exceptional Children, v49 n1 p77-78 Sep 1982
Positive interference, therapeutic interuption of a high-rate self-abusive or self-stimulatory behavior with a reinforceable desired behavior, was implemented on a self-abusive autistic nine-year-old. Findings demonstrated that a child can learn desired behaviors without completely suppressing undesirable behaviors. (SW)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Children, Intervention, Self Mutilation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Positive Interference