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. 2001 Winter;34(4):501–504. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-501

The detrimental effects of physical restraint as a consequence for inappropriate classroom behavior.

S K Magee 1, J Ellis 1
PMCID: PMC1284345  PMID: 11800190

Abstract

Functional analyses produced inconclusive results regarding variables that maintained problem behavior for 2 students with developmental disabilities. Procedures were modified to include a contingent physical restraint condition based on in-class observations. Results indicated that tinder conditions in which physical restraint (i.e., basket-hold timeout) was applied contingent on problem behavior, rates of these behaviors increased across sessions for both subjects. Implications for the use of physical restraint in the classroom are discussed.

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