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Increasing Retarded Adults' Compliance with Occupational and Household Tasks with a Guided Compliance and Verbal Praise Procedure: A Preliminary Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Louis D. Burgio ,
Lori T. Jones  and
Kimberly Willis
Louis D. Burgio*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Lori T. Jones
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University
Kimberly Willis
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University
*
Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 110 Lothrop Hall, 190 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh PA 15213, USA
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Abstract

We examined the use of a guided compliance procedure for increasing compliance with occupational and household tasks in community dwelling, mildly retarded adults. Two clients were admitted to an inpatient unit and were observed in a training room and a behaviour unit setting. In both settings, the clients were requested to engage in a number of occupational and household tasks, similar or identical to tasks they confront in the community. Training consisted of contingent praise for compliance, and physical guidance, applied contingent upon occurrences of noncompliance. Data were collected on compliance, aggression, verbal abuse, and proper application of the training procedure. Training was conducted in a multiple baseline across the two settings. These preliminary results suggest that guided compliance was successful in increasing compliance, with only a minimal and transitory increase in aggression and verbal abuse observed for one client, predominantly in the early phase of training. Largely anecdotal follow-up data suggest that the effect generalised to the community and maintained for at least five months.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 128 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1988

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