Establishing Walking by Severely Retarded Children
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 44 (3_suppl) , 1107-1114
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1977.44.3c.1107
Abstract
This article examines the implications of independent ambulation for severely retarded children and reviews the literature describing behavioral interventions which facilitate walking. Findings from applied behavior analysis of single subjects support the value of operant techniques in the acquisition of walking. An operationally defined, data-based, four-level sequence for training walking beginning with momentary standing and ending with independent walking on command is described. Representative data from five severely retarded children are presented.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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