RESUMEN
The most acknowledged strategies for the treatment of disruptive behaviours are those that are based on direct contingency management. Other procedures allow the therapist, or educational agent, not to be present in the context in which the behavioural change has to take place: the say-do correspondence training procedures, which have proven effective across behaviours and populations. Nevertheless, there is surprisingly little evidence of the effectiveness of such procedures with populations presenting developmental disabilities. This study describes the implementation of say-do correspondence training to modify 5 disruptive behaviours present in 5 adult subjects diagnosed with Down's syndrome, showing very positive results. The advantages of using say-do correspondence training procedures in developmental disabilities are discussed.
Asunto(s)
Déficit de la Atención y Trastornos de Conducta Disruptiva/epidemiología , Déficit de la Atención y Trastornos de Conducta Disruptiva/prevención & control , Síndrome de Down/epidemiología , Facilitación Social , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
Las estrategias más reconocidas para el tratamiento de conductas perturbadoras suponen el manejo directo de contingencias. Otros procedimientos permiten prescindir del agente terapéutico o educativo en el contexto en que ha de producirse el cambio conductual: el entrenamiento en correspondencia decir-hacer; que se ha mostrado efectivo con diferentes temáticas y poblaciones, siendo escasos los informes referidos a personas con retraso en el desarrollo. Se presenta un estudio en el que, mediante el fortalecimiento de la clase funcional «correspondencia Decir-Hacer», se interviene con 5 conductas perturbadoras en 5 jóvenes con síndrome de Down y retraso en el desarrollo, alcanzándose los objetivos propuestos en todos los casos. Se discute la funcionalidad del procedimiento en el ámbito de la intervención en retraso en el desarrollo (AU)
The most acknowledged strategies for the treatment of disruptive behaviours are those that are based on direct contingency management. Other procedures allow the therapist, or educational agent, not to be present in the context in which the behavioural change has to take place: the say-do correspondence training procedures, which have proven effective across behaviours and populations. Nevertheless, there is surprisingly little evidence of the effectiveness of such procedures with populations presenting developmental disabilities. This study describes the implementation of say-do correspondence training to modify 5 disruptive behaviours present in 5 adult subjects diagnosed with Downs syndrome, showing very positive results. The advantages of using say-do correspondence training procedures in developmental disabilities are discussed (AU)