Use of applied behavioral techniques and an adaptive device to teach lip closure to severely handicapped children

The effectiveness of applied behavioral programming in teaching lip closure was investigated with 3 severely retarded male students who had oral motor dysfunction. A multiple-baseline design across subjects was employed. The results revealed dramatic increases in the level of functional lip closure...

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Published in:American journal of mental deficiency Vol. 90; no. 5; p. 535
Main Authors: Petersen, P, Ottenbacher, K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.03.1986
Subjects:
Adolescent
Behavior Therapy - methods
Child
Drinking Behavior
Feeding Behavior
Generalization (Psychology)
Humans
Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation
Lip
Male
Motor Skills
ISSN:0002-9351
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Summary:The effectiveness of applied behavioral programming in teaching lip closure was investigated with 3 severely retarded male students who had oral motor dysfunction. A multiple-baseline design across subjects was employed. The results revealed dramatic increases in the level of functional lip closure for all 3 students when an appropriate adaptive device was combined with behavioral intervention. Follow-up results indicated that functional lip closure generalized to other feeding tasks. Findings suggest that applied behavioral management may be successfully used to teach specific oral motor skills and facilitate integration of these skills into a normalized feeding pattern.
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ISSN:0002-9351