title: Reduction of self-injurious behavior using sensory integrative techniques.
abstract: Theoretical rationale and case study information are presented for the use of a sensory integrative approach to self-injurious behavior. The program described uses sensory integrative techniques and soft restraint to reduce face hitting in a 28-year-old, nonambulatory, profoundly retarded resident. The noncontingent application of the procedures has reduced the occurrence of self-injurious behavior during treatment periods from an average of 13.1 responses per minute to an average of 1.02 responses per minute.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012683:Sensory Deprivation