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Three profoundly retarded adults were observed in an experimental daycare program when they were not wearing self-protective restraints and when they were wearing them to prevent pica and rectal digging. The noncontingently applied devices did eliminate the target behaviors, but they also decreased social interactions between the subjects and their caretakers. A camisole was found to be even more restrictive than a fencing mask.
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This study was conducted at Murdoch Center while the senior author was a Fulbright scholar at the Division for Disorders of Development and Learning of the Biological Sciences Research Center at the University of North Carolina. It was supported by USPHS Grant HD-03110 to the Child Development Research Institute and DDSA H.I.P. Grant 51-P-20521 to Stephen R. Schroeder. Thanks are due to Peter Hoyt, Gordon Bennett, and Rick Barbour, teachers in the SIB Program at Murdoch Center.
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Rojahn, J., Schroeder, S.R. & Mulick, J.A. Ecological assessment of self-protective devices in three profoundly retarded adults. J Autism Dev Disord 10, 59–66 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02408433
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