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Teaching hand-washing with pictorial cues

Timo Saloviita

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050103 clinical psychologyHand washingActivities of daily livingmedicine.medical_treatmentABAB-designeducation05 social sciencesGrooming behaviorkehitysvammatEducation Subject Classificationmedicine.diseaseEducationDevelopmental psychologyGrooming behavior; intellectual disabilities; ABAB-design; task analysis; system of least promptsIntellectual disabilitytask analysissystem of least promptsmedicineTask analysis0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesReinforcementApplied behavior analysisPsychology050104 developmental & child psychology

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<p><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: medium;">Applied behavior analysis has been shown to be an effective means to teach daily living skills to individuals with intellectual disability. In the present study pictorial cues based on task analysis, system of least prompts, and social reinforcement were used to teach a man with mild intellectual disability to wash his hands correctly. An ABAB reversal design was used with follow-up after two weeks. The results show a rapid increase in hand-washing skills.</span></p>

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-01-25International Journal of Human Sciences
https://doi.org/10.14687/ijhs.v13i1.3540