Reduction of self-injurious behavior of mentally retarded persons using sensory-integrative techniques.
Four profoundly mentally retarded, multiply handicapped institutionalized subjects with extensive histories of self-injurious behavior (SIB) received daily sensory-integrative treatment sessions that included vestibular and tactile stimulation delivered noncontingently. Frequency of SIB, as documented by direct-care staff members throughout the day, decreased significantly for all subjects.
D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D012677:Sensation