Effects of wrist weights on self-injurious and adaptive behaviors.
The effects of wrist weights on the self-injurious and adaptive behaviors of a young boy with profound mental retardation were evaluated. Application of wrist weights reduced SIB by 92% and was associated with either increases or stable levels of multiple novel and preexisting adaptive behaviors.
Hanley
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Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Piazza
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Keeney
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KM
Blakeley-Smith
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Worsdell
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D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*