A multiple baseline design across situations was employed to assess (a) the effects of an overcorrective functional movement training procedure on stereotypic head-turning and (b) the generality of behavioral change to two non-treatment situations. Results indicated that the overcorrection procedure was immediately effective in reducing head-turning in the treatment situation. Head-turning initially increased in the two non-treatment situations and then gradually declined.
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