Key result
Functional assessment-driven behavioral interventions markedly reduce severe self-injurious behavior in a Smith-Magenis syndrome case.
Why the study?
Environmental factors may play a significant role in maintaining self-injurious behaviour in people with Smith-Magenis Syndrome, but behavioural assessment and treatment data are limited.
Do functional assessment driven behavioural interventions reduce self-injurious behaviour in a woman with Smith-Magenis Syndrome?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Do functional assessment driven behavioural interventions reduce self-injurious behaviour in a woman with Smith-Magenis Syndrome?
Behavioural interventions driven by functional assessment may effectively reduce severe self-injurious behaviour in patients with Smith-Magenis Syndrome.
Provides preliminary support for functional assessment-driven interventions in Smith-Magenis Syndrome; leaves open broader applicability.
A behavioural approach was utilized in the assessment and treatment of severe self-injurious behaviour (SIB) in a woman with Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS). The results showed a marked reduction in the frequency of SIB following the introduction of functional assessment driven behavioural interventions (differential reinforcement of other behaviour, self-monitoring and social reinforcement, and extinction). There were also considerable reduc-tions in the frequencies of aggressive behaviour towards others, the use of rapid tranquilization and the use of control and restraint. The results of this study suggest environmental factors may play a significant role in maintaining some self-injurious behaviour shown by people with Smith Magenis Syndrome. The results are discussed in relation to emerging models of SIB in SMS.
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Bass et al. (2005) conducted a case report in Smith-Magenis Syndrome with severe self-injurious behaviour (n=1). Functional assessment driven behavioural interventions was evaluated on Frequency of self-injurious behaviour (SIB). Functional assessment driven behavioural interventions markedly reduced the frequency of severe self-injurious behaviour in a woman with Smith-Magenis Syndrome.
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