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Modification of Grooming Behavior in Adult Retarded

Token Reinforcement in a Community-Based Program

Daniel M. Doleys

Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

Donald Stacy

Jefferson-Blount-St. Clair Mental Health/Mental Retardation Authority

Sue Knowles

Jefferson-Blount-St. Clair Mental Health/Mental Retardation Authority

The effects of token reinforcement upon the grooming behavior of seven deinstitutionalized mentally retarded adults were examined. The project was conducted in a community-based program which provided the "least restrictive" environment. A multiple baseline design across subjects was utilized. Substantial increases in grooming behavior were recorded under the token reinforcement condition. Analysis of individual subject data revealed that each demonstrated a positive change. Interpretations of the data were confounded by intersubject variability noted in baseline and in the rate of acquisition of grooming behavior. Variables potentially related to this intersubject variability were enumerated and discussed. The general applicability of the present token program and the need for additional research with deinstitutionalized populations in community-based programs were emphasized.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 5, No. 1, 119-128 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/014544558151009
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