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Generalisation of Toileting Skills of a Mentally Handicapped Boy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Eileen Heyward
Eileen Heyward
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Dysart School, Kingston-upon-Thames
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Abstract

A boy with mental handicap presented with problems of generalisation of toileting skills over a period of three years. From a variety of approaches attempted, one using transfer of stimulus control had initial success, and the process was completed using combined positive and negative reinforcement. Once generalisation to one novel setting had been achieved, generalisation to other novel settings proceeded without difficulty. There have been no further toileting problems in the four years since the completion of the programme.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 102 - 107
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1988

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