“…Martin et al (1998) examined the relationship between positive response to the MSE and a measure of likely non-social function for the behaviour as assessed by experimental functional analyses, and found no evidence that the MSE had a greater specific impact on non-socially reinforced behaviours. Finally, Fava & Strauss (2010), examining short-term carry-over effects of 25-min sessions in a MSE or in a session with more structured engagement with individually assessed preferred stimuli ('stimulus preference environment'), reported reductions in aggression only for participants with autism following MSE sessions, reductions in stereotyped behaviours for participants with autism and those with profound intellectual disabilities and limited communication and mobility skills following MSE sessions, and increases in active behaviours towards sensory stimuli only for participants with profound intellectual disabilities with limited mobility and communication skills, and increases in prosocial behaviour towards caregivers only for participants with profound intellectual disabilities but with mobility and communication skills, following stimulus preference sessions. Finally, Fava & Strauss (2010), examining short-term carry-over effects of 25-min sessions in a MSE or in a session with more structured engagement with individually assessed preferred stimuli ('stimulus preference environment'), reported reductions in aggression only for participants with autism following MSE sessions, reductions in stereotyped behaviours for participants with autism and those with profound intellectual disabilities and limited communication and mobility skills following MSE sessions, and increases in active behaviours towards sensory stimuli only for participants with profound intellectual disabilities with limited mobility and communication skills, and increases in prosocial behaviour towards caregivers only for participants with profound intellectual disabilities but with mobility and communication skills, following stimulus preference sessions.…”