Establishing appropriate mealtime behaviour of a severely disruptive mentally handicapped woman

de Kock, Ursula, Mansell, Jim, Felce, David John and Jenkins, Judith 1984. Establishing appropriate mealtime behaviour of a severely disruptive mentally handicapped woman. Behavioural Psychotherapy 12 (2) , pp. 163-174. 10.1017/s0141347300009836

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Abstract

A profoundly mentally handicapped woman was reported to be a major management problem for staff in the residential home where she lived, especially at mealtimes. Following a constructional approach the subject's appropriate behaviour was targeted. A multiple baseline design with reversal was used to investigate the effects of a contingent contact procedure on the subject's level of engagement. Results showed the procedure to be effective in increasing the amount of time the subject spent engaged in appropriate mealtime behaviour. Continuing problem behaviour at other times of day is discussed within the context of the overall living environment.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0141-3473
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2017 03:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/67391

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