TY - JOUR
T1 - Behaviour state analysis in Rett syndrome
T2 - Continuous data reliability measurement
AU - Woodyatt, Gail
AU - Marinac, Julie
AU - Darnell, Ross
AU - Sigafoos, Jeff
AU - Halle, James
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant A79937233. The authors thank the schools, teachers and children involved in the project and our research assistants, in particular, Michelle Carter.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Awareness of optimal behaviour states of children with profound intellectual disability has been reported in the literature as a potentially useful tool for planning intervention within this population. Some arguments have been raised, however, which question the reliability and validity of previously published work on behaviour state analysis. This article sheds light on the debate by presenting two stages of a study of behaviour state analysis for eight girls with Rett syndrome. The results support Mudford, Hogg, and Roberts' (1997, 1999) concerns with the pooling of participant data. The results of Stage 2 also suggest, however, that most categories of behaviour state can be reliably distinguished once definitions of behaviours for each state are clearly defined.
AB - Awareness of optimal behaviour states of children with profound intellectual disability has been reported in the literature as a potentially useful tool for planning intervention within this population. Some arguments have been raised, however, which question the reliability and validity of previously published work on behaviour state analysis. This article sheds light on the debate by presenting two stages of a study of behaviour state analysis for eight girls with Rett syndrome. The results support Mudford, Hogg, and Roberts' (1997, 1999) concerns with the pooling of participant data. The results of Stage 2 also suggest, however, that most categories of behaviour state can be reliably distinguished once definitions of behaviours for each state are clearly defined.
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U2 - 10.1080/1034912042000295035
DO - 10.1080/1034912042000295035
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:10444285022
SN - 1034-912X
VL - 51
SP - 383
EP - 400
JO - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
JF - International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
IS - 4
ER -