Aversive procedures: The minnesota experience

✍ Scribed by Gerald Nord; Norman A. Wieseler; Ronald H. Hanson

• Book ID: 102759633
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 543 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-0847
• DOI: 10.1002/bin.2360060305

✦ Synopsis

Aversive and deprivation procedures for controlling and reducing challenging behaviors have received increasing attention. Many states have adopted guidelines on the use of these procedures treating persons with developmental disabilities. The Minnesota state rule promulgated in October, 1987 requires reviews from both local and state-wide review committees on permitted, but controlled procedures. Data generated from state-wide committees revealed that (a) state operated regional treatment centers (RTCs) employed individual habilitative training programs with controlled procedures more frequently than community-based agencies (b) a higher proportion of RTC submissions were for treatment of self-injury than submissions from community services, and (c) RTC's had a higher usage of mechanical restraints than community facilities with both services settings using manual restraints more frequently than all other controlled procedures combined. Reasons for the above differences in the two service settings were discussed.

The views expressed are those of the authors and do no represent an offical endorsement by the Minnesota Department of Human Services nor any of its agencies. Reprints may be obtained by writing Gerald Nord,