ERIC Number: EJ1272629
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Publication Date: 2020
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Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Tolerate Haircutting
Buckley, Jessica; Luiselli, James K.; Harper, Jill M.; Shlesinger, Andrew
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v53 n4 p2081-2089 Aut 2020
We describe intervention with 2 adolescent male students who had autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and resisted haircutting performed by care providers at a residential school. The students were exposed to a graduated hierarchy of steps including the presence of hair clippers, and increased duration of hair clippers against their scalp and hair. Edible reinforcement was presented contingent on completion of a step without interfering behavior. Both students learned to tolerate all of the steps in the graduated hierarchy and a full haircut with maintenance at 2-, 4-, and 6-month follow-up. The study supports previous tolerance-training research with children and youth who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and resist personal care and hygiene routines.
Descriptors: Intervention, Males, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Residential Schools, Perceptual Impairments, Reinforcement, Adjustment (to Environment), Program Effectiveness, Human Body
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