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Alberto, Paul A.; And Others – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1983
The case study demonstrates the use of negative reinforcement for initial response conditioning of a seven-year-old deaf, blind, physically handicapped boy. A systematic procedure for reinforcer sampling failed to identify items for positive reinforcers. A procedure for removal of an aversive stimulus (negative reinforcement) was then successfully…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Deaf Blind, Elementary Education, Multiple Disabilities