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| The Application of Skin Shock Treatment with Higher Functioning Students with Severe
Behavior Disorders |
| Saturday, May 27, 2006 |
| 2:30 PM–3:50 PM |
| Spring |
| Area: PRA; Domain: Service Delivery |
| Chair: Patricia Rivera (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center) |
| Abstract: The use of skin shock to treat individuals with severe behavior disorders has been well documented in the literature. The research has focused primarily on a population of individuals with some form of cognitive delay. This symposium will address the positive effects of implementing skin shock therapy as a supplement to positive behavioral programming for students that are more cognitively typical. The presenters will discuss the overall benefits of supplemental skin shock and how it relates to increased access to rewards. Video will be presented highlighting student and parent testimonials about the positive effects of skin shock treatment. The effect of skin shock on educational improvement will also be discussed along with case studies of students who, just by the mere mention of skin shock being implemented, showed sustained behavioral improvement. |
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| The Use of Skin Shock in the Treatment of Higher Functioning, Cognitively Typical Students. |
| PATRICIA RIVERA (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center), Ed Langford (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center) |
| Abstract: The use of skin shock to treat severe behavior disorders has been well documented in the literature. The research has focused on a population of individuals with severe behavior disorders, the majority of who are cognitively impaired to some degree. This discussion will focus on the use of skin shock treatment with more cognitively typical students who have been referred to a residential facility because they have a long history of exhibiting inappropriate behaviors. These behaviors have significantly limited their educational and social development. Data will be presented showing the immediate and sustained behavioral improvement for the majority of these cognitively typical students. |
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| Skin Shock Treatment as a Gateway to Facilitate Positive Programming. |
| ED LANGFORD (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center), Patricia Rivera (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center) |
| Abstract: All students that enter the Judge Rotenberg Center are treated with positive-only behavioral programming. Due to the intensity and frequency of some students’ behaviors, their access to rewards is severely limited in order to keep them and those around them safe. About 40% of our population does not respond well to positive-only treatment and requires the use of supplemental skin shock treatment. Data will be presented showing the decrease in the students’ inappropriate behaviors and an increase in access to positive programming. Parent and student testimonials will also be shown. |
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| Educational Improvement Made Possible through the Use of Skin Shock Treatment. |
| MICHELLE HARRINGTON (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center), Angela Galvin (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center), Amy Inclima Wood (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center) |
| Abstract: Students who are admitted to the Judge Rotenberg Center are usually academically far behind their cognitively typical peers. The severity of their behaviors impedes with the amount of time they utilize for learning. Consequently, they have not been able to make acceptable academic progress. Once a student has the skin shock treatment implemented in their program, they tend to make tremendous academic gains. This discussion will focus on the different types of progress students make. Data will be presented from academic testing that shows grade level gains as well as increased seat time, and appropriate classroom behavior. |
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| Suppressing Problematic Behavior by Merely Announcing that Skin Shock Treatment will be Used. |
| THELMISHA VINCENT (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center), Nick Lowther (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center) |
| Abstract: Approximately half the student population at the Judge Rotenberg Center experience treatment success using positive only interventions (i.e. token economy, point systems, contracts, and rewards). For the remaining half, it becomes necessary to implement skin shock treatment. Typically, in these cases, the problematic behavior does not improve until after the actual implementation of skin shock. However, for some students the knowledge alone that skin shock is under consideration is sufficient to effect significant positive behavioral change. Two case studies of individuals with severe behavior disorders will be discussed demonstrating rule governed behavior. |
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