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In this chapter, we describe the use of assistive technology to treat or support individuals with severe/profound and multiple disabilities who engage in problem behavior. This chapter consists of two major sections. First, we begin with an overview of the nature of problem behavior with this population. As such, we will attempt to define problem behavior and describe what it looks like, examine the extent of these difficulties with this population, and finally outline strategies of clinical assessment and categorization of such behavior. Second, we present a selective overview of published peer-reviewed research that has examined the use of assistive technology to reduce such problem behaviors with this population. This overview of the assistive technology intervention research is presented according to the various categories of problem behavior outlined in the first major section of this chapter. Finally, we provide an overall summary of the use of assistive technology to reduce problem behavior and offer suggestions for future research in this area.
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Lancioni, G.E., Sigafoos, J., O’Reilly, M.F., Singh, N.N. (2013). Assistive Technology for Reducing Problem Behavior. In: Assistive Technology. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4229-5_7
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