Increasing hairdressing compliance with a child with autism spectrum disorders
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Gajić, AnjaArsić, Bojana
Bašić, Aleksandra

Maćešić-Petrović, Dragana

Zdravković Parezanović, Ružica
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The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) itself can include problems with hyper responsiveness to different sensory stimuli. These difficulties can lead to different maladaptive behavioral manifestations and prevent children diagnosed with ASD from participating in certain activities. The aim of the present case study was to examine the effectiveness of shaping procedure application in order to increase compliance with haircutting with a six year old boy diagnosed with ASD. The procedure used for increasing compliance while getting a haircut was shaping and we divided the intervention into two phases. Phase one involved teaching the participant to tolerate the presence of the hair clipper on his head, while phase two consisted of increasing participant’s toleration of the sound emitted by the hair clipper. Generalization probe involved taking the participant into a hair salon, where he would receive hair grooming performed by a professional hair stylist. The child mastered phas...e one in 54 trials that were conducted during five sessions and mastered the goal time in phase two in 89 trials that were conducted during four sessions. In conclusion, shaping procedure appears to be an effective and efficient training procedure for teaching skills that are important for future everyday functioning in society of children with ASD, as well as basic hygiene skills, such as hair cutting. Study limitations and future research implications are discussed.
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haircut / shaping / autism / complianceSource:
European Journal of Special Education Research, 2021, 7, 2, 84-95Publisher:
- Open Access Publishing Group
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rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Gajić, Anja AU - Arsić, Bojana AU - Bašić, Aleksandra AU - Maćešić-Petrović, Dragana AU - Zdravković Parezanović, Ružica PY - 2021 UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3342 AB - The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) itself can include problems with hyper responsiveness to different sensory stimuli. These difficulties can lead to different maladaptive behavioral manifestations and prevent children diagnosed with ASD from participating in certain activities. The aim of the present case study was to examine the effectiveness of shaping procedure application in order to increase compliance with haircutting with a six year old boy diagnosed with ASD. The procedure used for increasing compliance while getting a haircut was shaping and we divided the intervention into two phases. Phase one involved teaching the participant to tolerate the presence of the hair clipper on his head, while phase two consisted of increasing participant’s toleration of the sound emitted by the hair clipper. Generalization probe involved taking the participant into a hair salon, where he would receive hair grooming performed by a professional hair stylist. The child mastered phase one in 54 trials that were conducted during five sessions and mastered the goal time in phase two in 89 trials that were conducted during four sessions. In conclusion, shaping procedure appears to be an effective and efficient training procedure for teaching skills that are important for future everyday functioning in society of children with ASD, as well as basic hygiene skills, such as hair cutting. Study limitations and future research implications are discussed. PB - Open Access Publishing Group T2 - European Journal of Special Education Research T1 - Increasing hairdressing compliance with a child with autism spectrum disorders EP - 95 IS - 2 SP - 84 VL - 7 DO - 10.46827/ejse.v7i2.3758 ER -
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Gajić, A., Arsić, B., Bašić, A., Maćešić-Petrović, D.,& Zdravković Parezanović, R.. (2021). Increasing hairdressing compliance with a child with autism spectrum disorders. in European Journal of Special Education Research Open Access Publishing Group., 7(2), 84-95. https://doi.org/10.46827/ejse.v7i2.3758
Gajić A, Arsić B, Bašić A, Maćešić-Petrović D, Zdravković Parezanović R. Increasing hairdressing compliance with a child with autism spectrum disorders. in European Journal of Special Education Research. 2021;7(2):84-95. doi:10.46827/ejse.v7i2.3758 .
Gajić, Anja, Arsić, Bojana, Bašić, Aleksandra, Maćešić-Petrović, Dragana, Zdravković Parezanović, Ružica, "Increasing hairdressing compliance with a child with autism spectrum disorders" in European Journal of Special Education Research, 7, no. 2 (2021):84-95, https://doi.org/10.46827/ejse.v7i2.3758 . .