Reducing skin picking via competing activities.

Kathleen Lynne Lane, Ada Thompson, Cara L. Reske, Lauren M. Gable, & Sally Barton-Arwood. (2006) Reducing skin picking via competing activities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39, 459-462.

This study examined the outcomes of a competing activities intervention to decrease skin picking exhibited by a 9-year-old student with comorbid diagnoses. Results of an ABCBAB design revealed that the use of student-selected manipulatives resulted in reduced skin picking.

DESCRIPTORS: skin picking, function-based intervention