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A new training program effectively encouraged profoundly intellectually disabled children to walk instead of crawl. The intervention used restraint for crawling and priming for walking, proving successful for all participants.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Intellectual Disability Research

Background:

  • Profoundly intellectually disabled children often persist in crawling despite the ability to walk.
  • Crawling and walking are viewed as alternative motor responses, with children selecting the more efficient mode.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a training program to promote walking over crawling in profoundly intellectually disabled children.
  • To increase the relative ease and speed of walking compared to crawling.

Main Methods:

  • A training program involving restraint for crawling and priming for walking was implemented.
  • The intervention aimed to shift the balance of reinforcement towards walking.

Main Results:

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  • All four participating children reduced crawling and adopted walking as their primary mode of locomotion.
  • Two children with moderate walking impairments maintained walking post-intervention.
  • Two children with severe impairments required intermittent restraint to sustain walking dominance.

Conclusions:

  • The described training program is an effective, easily administered, and time-efficient intervention for promoting walking in profoundly intellectually disabled children.
  • The intervention demonstrates the potential for behavioral strategies to modify motor behaviors in this population.