Developing and maintaining social interaction in profoundly retarded young males

Case study: Initiating and maintaining a

Case study: Initiating and maintaining a nonruminative response in an adult male who is profoundly retarded

✍ T. Steuart Watson; Judith Herbert Scott 📂 Article 📅 1994 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 453 KB

## Abstract A 51‐year‐old male with profound retardation and an 11‐year history of rumination was treated using a simple intervention that included shaping, time‐out, and stimulus control. An A‐B‐A‐B design was used to evaluate treatment. Results indicated that the mean rate of rumination decreased