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ERIC Number: EJ349273
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Sensory Reinforcement: Effects of Response-Contingent Vestibular Stimulation on Multiply Handicapped Children.
Sandler, Allen G.; McLain, Susan C.
American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v91 n4 p373-78 Jan 1987
Investigation of the reinforcing properties of vestibular stimulation with five multiply disabled severely retarded young children indicated that vestibular stimulation (10 seconds of swinging) was reinforcing to all subjects and was preferred (over food, praise, visual, and auditory stimulation) by four of the five children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Positive Reinforcement, Severe Mental Retardation, Stimuli, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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