Operantly based treatment procedure for stair avoidance by a severely mentally retarded adult.
The use of contingent social and edible reinforcement and physical guidance-without desensitization-in the treatment of stair avoidance behavior by a severely mentally retarded adult was tested. Results indicate that this operantly based procedure was effective in increasing stair use, both ascent and descent, in staircases containing 5 and 11 stairs.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male