Self-Injury

1. Extinction of self-injurious escape behavior
   Abstract: Three individuals with developmental disabilities participated in a study of the treatment of selfinjurious behavior (SIB) maintained by negative reinforcement (escape from educational tasks). Treatment was implemented in a multiple baseline design across subjects, in which two treatments were compared in a multielement format.
2. The functions of self injurious behavior
   Abstract: Data are summarized from 152 single-subject analyses of the reinforcing functions of self-injurious behavior (SIB). Individuals with developmental disabilities referred for assessment and/or treatment over an 11-year period were exposed to a series of conditions in which the effects of antecedent and consequent events on SIB were examined systematically by way of multielement, reversal, or combined designs.
3. Toward a functional analysis of self-injury  Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, 1994.
   This is the what I call the ‘watershed’ study in functional analysis that is so often cited in journal articles.
   Abstract: This study describes the use of an operant methodology to assess functional relationships between self-injury and specific environmental events. The self-injurious behaviors of nine developmentally disabled subjects were observed during periods of brief, repeated exposure to a series of analogue conditions.

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