Wallace, M. D., Iwata, B. A., Zhou, L., & Goff, G. A. (1999).
Rapid assessment of the effects of restraint on self-injury and adaptive behavior.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
32, 525-528.
We evaluated the effects of restraint on occurrences of
self-injurious behavior (SIB) and adaptive responses exhibited by
2 individuals across eight response-effort conditions: baseline
(no restraints); restraint sleeves without stays; restraints with
5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 thin metal stays; and restraints with five
thick metal stays. From this analysis, we identified a restraint
level for each participant that reduced SIB but did not inhibit
adaptive responding.
DESCRIPTORS: self-injurious behavior, restraint, response effort