%0 Journal Article
%T Reducing self-injurious behavior by facial screening
%J American journal of mental deficiency
%D 1978
%A Lutzker, John R.
%V 82
%N 5
%P 510-513
%X Self-injurious behavior has been treated with a variety of techniques with varying degrees of success. Some techniques that have generally been effective, such as response-contingent shock punishment, are not always permissible to use; thus, other methods must be investigated. A multiple-baseline design was used to evaluate facial screening (covering a subject's face with a terrycloth bib) as a means of reducing a retarded person's self-injurious behavior. Facial screening applied intermittently by teachers in three special education classroom was successful in eliminating self-injurious behavior.
%G 
%I American Association on Mental Retardation
%@ 0002-9351
%U http://dx.doi.org/