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The Reduction of Inappropriate Sucking Behaviour in a 7-Year-Old Girl Through Response-Cost and Social-Reinforcement Procedures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Linda Bradley  and
Stephen Houghton
Linda Bradley
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia
Stephen Houghton
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia
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Abstract

An identical procedure to that of Pianta and Hudson (1990) was employed to reduce inappropriate sucking of fingers, hair, and clothes by a 7-year-old girl. The subject's mother utilised a simple response-cost procedure, which was faded over time, and social reinforcement to achieve substantial success. Follow-up observations conducted 6 months after the program terminated revealed a high degree of maintenance.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 254 - 257
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1992

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