Establishing standing and walking behavior in a physically handicapped, retarded child.
A physical therapist using reinforcement procedures worked for three months with minimal success on pulling to standing and pushing off to walk as target behaviors for a physically handicapped retarded child. The physical therapist then changed his role and used an attendant staff to work on the target behaviors in a two-and-one-half month treatment program. Pretreatment and posttreatment time sampling of the child's on-feet behaviors following the treatment program. The results of this one case suggest that the consultation role of the physical therapist might provide a more efficient treatment than a direct treatment role in an institutional setting.
D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000628:therapy*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008124:Locomotion; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations