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Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of self-injurious behavior.

Devlin, Sarah
; 
Healy, Olive
; 
Leader, Geraldine
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/133
 https://doi.org/10.13025/20584
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
sensory-integration therapy, behavioural intervention, negative reinforcement, autism
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Devlin, Sarah, Geraldine Leader and Olive Healy. 2009. "Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of self-injurious behavior." Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 3(1):223-231.
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The current study investigates the comparative effects of sensory-integration therapy and behavioral interventions on rates of self-injurious behaviour (SIB) in a nine-year-old boy with a diagnosis of autism. A functional analysis was conducted to identify the variables maintaining the self-injurious behavior. This analysis demonstrated that SIB was maintained by negative reinforcement as a result of escaping or avoiding demand situations. A sensory integration therapy and a behavioral intervention were compared within an alternating treatments design. Results from this study clearly demonstrate that the behavioral intervention was more effective in reducing SIB than the sensory-integration therapy. Finally, in the best treatment phase, the behavioral intervention only was implemented and further reduction was observed in the frequency SIB.
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