Behavior Therapy of Pica with a Profoundly Retarded Adolescent.

Ausman, James; And Others

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Publication Date: 1974

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Behavior Therapy of Pica with a Profoundly Retarded Adolescent

Ausman, James; And Others

Mental Retardation, 12, 6, 16-8, Dec 74

Examined was the effect of operant-conditioning on the pica behavior (eating inedible substances) of a 14-year-old severely retarded institutionalized boy. (CL)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Eating Habits, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Operant Conditioning, Severe Mental Retardation

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