TIME-IN TIME-OUT AS A RESPONSE TO NONCOMPLIANCE AND INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES - 2 CASE-STUDIES/

Time-in and time-out were used to treat inappropriate and noncompliant behaviors in a child with severe language disabilities and a child wi th a moderate mental disability and cerebral palsy. The target behavio rs for Jeremy were compliance with first-time presented teacher instru ctions, elopement and aggression. Prior to intervention, archival base line data for Jeremy suggested a compliance rate with teacher directiv es of approximately 9% and a high frequency of elopement and aggressio n. Following implementation of a compliance training package, complian ce to teacher directives increased to 97% within the first week of int ervention and minimal instances of elopement and aggression. Two, 24, and 40-week follow-up compliance checks yielded mean rates of 98%, 99% , and 98% respectively and no elopement or aggression. Reduction in ob ject tossing behaviors was targeted for Jenny. Archival baseline, indi cated through parent report, suggested tossing rates of 80% of me time s objects were in hand. Frequency of object tossing behavior decreased to a near-zero level during intervention. The use of this interventio n package with children in an effort to deter future chronic noncompli ance and inappropriate behavior is discussed. (C) 1997 John Wiley & So ns, Inc.