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Analysis of Sensory Integration Techniques on Automatically Maintained Problem Behavior

Sensory integration techniques are a common treatment procedure among occupational therapists. The goal is to "apply" input that competes with input from problem behavior. Although this is a commonly recommended intervention, there is limited empirical evaluation with adults with intellectual disabilities. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of occupational therapist-suggested sensory stimuli on the automatically maintained problem behavior of adults. Specifically, we compared the effects of non-contingent access to sensory stimuli and non-contingent access to highly preferred stimuli on the rate of problem behavior. Results suggested that, relative to highly preferred stimuli, sensory stimuli had either a limited effect on problem behavior, or in some cases, were correlated with increases in problem behavior. This suggests that sensory stimuli may not produce the same automatic stimulation as problem behavior. We will discuss implications for treatment, including methods for better identifying stimuli for use in the treatment of automatically maintained problem behavior.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2256696
Date12 1900
CreatorsPelletier, Danielle Renee
ContributorsDracobly, Joseph D., Bergmann, Samantha, Ortu, Daniele
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Pelletier, Danielle Renee, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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