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The Effect of Stimulation on Stereotyped Behaviour of a Woman with a Profound Learning Disability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

John Fallon  and
Simon Whitaker
John Fallon
Affiliation:
Huddersfield NHS Trust
Simon Whitaker
Affiliation:
Huddersfield NHS Trust
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The introduction of two sessions a day on two days a week of cognitive and physical stimulation was found to reduce the stereotypic behaviour of a woman with a profound learning disability. The effect was shown to last for several hours with indications that it may have lasted several weeks.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1996 , pp. 323 - 329
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1996

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