Treatment of an assaultive, sensory-impaired adolescent through a multicomponent behavioral program

Emerging Evidence from Single-Subject Research in the Field of Deaf-Blindness

“…The treatments were far ranging. Some independent variables that were used in these studies were nonaversive olfactory conditioning (Gross, 1994), noncontingent sensory reinforcement (Sprague, Holland, & Thomas, 1997), splints (Oliver, Hall, Hales, Murphy, & Watts, 1998), a protective helmet with psychotropic medication (Luiselli, 1991), continuous protective equipment (Parrish, Aguerrevere, Dorsey, & Iwata, 1980), praise or attention (St. Lawrence & Drabman, 1984; Umbreit, 1997), time-out (Luiselli, Myles, & Littman-Quinn, 1983), and tokens (Luiselli, 1984;Van Hesselt, Hersen, Egan, McKelvey, & Sisson, 1989). Other independent variables included overcorrection (E. J.…”

“…Other independent variables included overcorrection (E. J. Barton & La-Grow, 1983), responding to behavior as communication (Durand & Kishi, 1987), differential reinforcement of other behaviors (L. Barton, 1984;Luiselli & Greenidge, 1982;Luiselli, Myles, Evans, & Boyce, 1985;Parrish, Iwata, Dorsey, Bunck, & Slifer, 1985;Sisson, Van Hasselt, & Hersen, 1993), differential reinforcement of lower rates of behavior (Luiselli & Lolli, 1987), continuous reinforcement with praise and edibles (Yarnall, 1979(Yarnall, , 1980Yarnall & Dodgion-Ensor, 1980), reinforcement and sign language prompts (Sininger & Yarnall, 1981), contingency awareness using a vibrating level switch (Bailey & Meyerson, 1969), response interruption (Luiselli, 1992;Slifer, Iwata, & Dorsey, 1984), negative reinforcement (Alberto, Troutman, & Briggs, 1983), teaching relaxation techniques (Luiselli, 1984), and water misting (Dorsey, Iwata, Reid, & Davis, 1982;Peine, Liu, Blakelock, Jenson, & Osborne, 1991). Of the 26 studies in this category, only 7 directly measured social validity.…”