The Effects of Individualized Positive Behavior Support on Temper Tantrum and Self-Injurious Behavior of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an individualized positive behavior support on temper tantrum and self-injurious behavior of a child with autism spectrum disorder(ASD). The study utilized multiple baseline design across setting: dinner time, discrete trial training and language rehabilitation. Individualized positive behavior support was conducted, including functional behavior assessment and behavior support plan which is background and setting event strategies, alternative behavior teaching strategies, and consequence strategies, in the dinner time, where temper tantrum and self-injurious behavior of a target child occur frequently, and in the discrete trial training and language rehabilitation of setting of the clinique. The results showed that individualized positive behavior support reduced the frequency of temper tantrum and self-injurious behavior of a child with ASD during both intervention and maintenance phase and generalized across the settings.