title: Reducing skin picking via competing activities.
abstract: This study examined the outcomes of a competing activities intervention to decrease skin picking exhibited by a 9-year-old student with comorbid diagnoses. Results of an ABCBAB design revealed that the use of student-selected manipulatives resulted in reduced skin picking.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Peabody College 328, Department of Special Education, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA. Kathleen.lane@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen Lynne
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Cara L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Reske
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gable
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barton-Arwood
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*