title: Helping a child with multiple disabilities endure a demanding physical posture through self-managed access to preferred stimuli.
abstract: This study assessed whether a child with multiple disabilities would endure a difficult (standing) position more easily if allowed to access preferred stimuli while in that position. The study included an ABAB sequence with 2- and 3-mo. postintervention checks. Data showed that self-managed access to preferred stimuli during the B phases of the study and the postintervention checks reduced the child's indices of unhappiness, frowning and crying, while increasing his object contact and smiles as indices of happiness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bari, Via Quintino Sella 268, 70100 Bari, Italy. g.lancioni@psico.uniba.it
authors.forename: Giulio E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lancioni
authors.forename: Mark F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Nirbhay N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sigafoos
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: La Martire
authors.forename: Doretta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oliva
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012656:Self-Help Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012904:Smiling; D014910:Wheelchairs