Functional analysis and treatment of eye poking with response blocking.

Full Abstract

A functional analysis of eye poking by a 4-year-old female with severe disabilities and visual impairments showed that high rates occurred in all conditions. We conducted a series of probes to identify the maintaining variable for eye poking following an undifferentiated functional analysis. Results showed that eye poking decreased only when we interrupted finger-eye contact by blocking the response.

Author information

Author/s: Lalli, J S (JS); Livezey, K (K); Kates, K (K);

Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of applied behavior analysis (J Appl Behav Anal), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1996-; vol 29 (issue 1) : pp 129-32

Dates: Created 1996/12/17; Completed 1996/12/17; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 8881355, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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