Control of an Obscene "verbal Tic" Through Timeout in an Elementary School Classroom

Overview

Journal J Appl Behav Anal

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 1973 Apr 1

PMID 16795381

Citations 3

Authors

B B Lahey

M P McNees

M C McNees

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Abstract

A classroom teacher modified the behavior of a 10-yr-old student who had a high rate of obscene vocalizations accompanied by facial twitches. In the first phase, the subject was instructed to repeat rapidly the most frequent obscene word in four daily 15-min sessions. This procedure reduced the frequency of obscene vocalizations, but not to an acceptable level. Subsequently, the teacher was able effectively to control the target behavior using a timeout procedure.

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