• DOI:10.5014/AJOT.59.4.418
Corpus ID: 2234874

Effects of sensory integration intervention on self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviors.

@article{Smith2005EffectsOS,
  title={Effects of sensory integration intervention on self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviors.},
  author={S. A. Smith and Bracha Press and K. Koenig and M. Kinnealey},
  journal={The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association},
  year={2005},
  volume={59 4},
  pages={
          418-25
        }
}

S. A. Smith, Bracha Press, +1 author M. Kinnealey

Published 2005

Psychology, Medicine

The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

This study compared the effects of occupational therapy, using a sensory integration (SI) approach and a control intervention of tabletop activities, on the frequency of self-stimulating behaviors in seven children 8-19 years of age with pervasive developmental delay and mental retardation. Daily 15-min videotape segments of the subjects were recorded before, immediately after, and 1 hour after either SI or control interventions performed during alternating weeks for 4 weeks. Each 15-min video… CONTINUE READING

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