CONTROL OF AN OBSCENE “VERBAL TIC” THROUGH TIMEOUT IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM1
- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 6 (1), 101-104
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1973.6-101
Abstract
A classroom teacher modified the behavior of a 10-yr-old student who had a high rate of obscene vocalizations accompanied by facial twitches. In the first phase, the subject was instructed to repeat rapidly the most frequent obscene word in four daily 15-min sessions. This procedure reduced the frequency of obscene vocalizations, but not to an acceptable level. Subsequently, the teacher was able effectively to control the target behavior using a timeout procedure.Keywords
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