The collateral decrease of self-injurious behavior with teaching communicative gestures to individuals who are mentally retarded
✍ Scribed by Pieter C. Duker; Karel Jol; Annemiek Palmen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 818 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-0847
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✦ Synopsis
The present study assessed the effect of teaching communicative gestures on the occurrence of self-injurious behavior and other behavior disorders with 14 individuals who are severely/ profoundly mentally retarded. Results show a statistically significant decrease of about 40% in self-injurious behavior as a collateral effect of an increased use of communicative gestures. Apart from a decrease in the occurrence of destructive behaviors, no other effects on other behavior disorders were found. Results are discussed in terms of the possible use of communicative gestures as a therapeutic supplement to standard procedures for decreasing self-injurious behavior with individuals who are nonverbal and mentally retarded.