Functional assessment of hand flapping in a general education classroom.
A functional assessment of hand flapping exhibited by a 5-year-old boy was conducted in a general education classroom. After a descriptive analysis ruled out several potential variables maintaining hand flapping, an experimental analysis was used to test the hypothesis that teacher-delivered task demands were functionally related to hand flapping. Results of the experimental analysis were used to develop a simple intervention for hand flapping.
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The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg 39406-5025, USA.
Sterling-Turner
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D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*