Intra-subject controlled time-out (social isolation) in the modification of self-injurious behaviour.
This study deals with the controlling of self-injurious behaviour in a profoundly retarded girl. The main therapeutic tool, social isolation, was carried out under normal ward conditions and was statistically evaluated in an intra-subject design without reversal conditions. The procedure reduced the self-injurious behaviour to a near-zero level.
D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012934:Social Isolation; D013997:Time Factors