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Physiological and Mental Health Readings and References in PBS

Baker, D. J., Blumberg, R., & Freeman, R. (2002). Considerations for functional assessment of problem behavior among persons with developmental disabilities and mental illness. In J. Jacobson, J. Mulick, and S. Holburn (Eds.), Programs and services for people with dual developmental and psychiatric disabilities (pp. 51-66). Kingston, NY: NADD.
Baker, D. J., Blumberg, E. R., Freeman, R, Wieseler, N. (2002). Can psychiatric disorders be seen as establishing operations? Integrating applied behavior analysis and psychiatry. Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities, 5, 118-124.
Carr, E. G., & Smith, C. E. (1995). Biological setting events for self-injury. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 1, 94-98.
Durand, V. M. (1990). Severe behavior problems: A functional communication training approach. New York: The Guilford Press.
Durand, V. M. (1998). Sleep better! Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
Durand, V. M., & Carr, E. G. (1987). Social influences on "self-stimulatory" behavior: Analysis and treatment application. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20(2), 119-132.
Durand, V. M., Gernert-Dott, P., & Mapstone, E. (1996). Treatment of sleep in children with developmental disabilities. Journal of the Associations for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 21(3), 114-122
Freeman, R.L., Horner, R.H., & Reichle, J.E. (1999). Relation between heart rate and problem behaviors. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 104(4), 330-345.
Freeman, R. L., Horner, R. H., & Reichle, J. (2002). Functional assessment and self-restraint (Chapter 6). In S. Schroeder, M. L. Oster-Granite, & T. Thompson (Eds.), Self-injurious behavior: Gene-brain-behavior relationships (pp.105-118). Washington, DC: APA Books.
Guess, D., & Carr, E. (1991). Emergence and maintenance of stereotypy and self-injury. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 96(3), 299-319.
Guess, D., Roberts, S., & Guy, B. (1999). Implications of behavior state for the assessment and education of students with profound disabilities. In A. C. Repp & R. H. Horner (Eds.), Functional analysis of problem behavior: From effective assessment to effective support (pp.338-394). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing
Harris, J. C. (1992). Neurobiological factors in self-injurious behavior. In J. K. Luiselli, J. L. Matson, & N. N. Singh (Eds.), Self-injurious behavior: Analysis, assessment, and treatment (pp. 59-92). New York: Springer-Verlag
Kennedy, C. H., & Itonken, T. (1993). Effects of setting events on the problem behavior of students with severe disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 321-327.
Kennedy, C. H., & Meyer, K. A. (1998). Sleep deprivation, allergy symptoms, and negatively reinforced problem behavior. Journal of Applied behavior Analysis, 26, 321-327.
Kennedy, C. H., & Thompson, T. (2000). Health conditions contributing to problem behavior among people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. In M. L. Wehmeyer, & J. R. Patton, (Eds.), Mental retardation in the 21st century (pp. 211-231). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
Kern, L., Koegel, R. L., Dyer, K., Blew, P. A., & Fenton, L. R. (1982). The effects of physical exercise on self-stimulation and appropriate responding in autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 12, 399-419.
Koegel, R. L., & Koegel, L. K. (1989). Community-referenced research on self-stimulation. In C. Cipani (Ed.), The treatment of severe behavior disorders: Behavior analysis approaches [Monographs of American Association on Mental Retardation, 12] (pp. 129-250). Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation.
Mace, F.C., & Mauk, J.E. (1999). Biobehavioral diagnosis and treatment of self-injury. In A.C. Repp & R.H. Horner (Eds.), Functional analysis of problem behavior: From effective assessment to effective support (pp. 78-97). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.
McCamman, S., & Rues, J. (1990). Nutrition monitoring and supplementation. In J. C. Graff, M. M. Ault, D. Guess, M. Taylor, & B. Thompson (Eds.), Health care for students with disabilities: An illustrated medical guide for the classroom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
McGimsey, J. F., & Favell, J. E. (1988). The effects of increased physical exercise on disruptive behavior in retarded persons. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 18, 167-179.
Moore, J.W., Doggertt, R.A., Edwards, R.P., & Olmi, D.J. (1999). Using functional assessment and teacher-implemented functional analysis outcomes to guide intervention for two students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Proven Practice, 2(1), 3-9.
O'Reilly, M. F. (1995). Functional analysis and treatment of escape-maintained aggression correlated with sleep deprivation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 225-226.
O'Reilly, M. F. (1997). Functional analysis of episodic self-injury correlated with recurrent otitis media. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 30(1), 165-167.
Romanczyk, R.G., & Mathews, A.L. (1998). Physiological state as antecedent: Utilization in functional analyses. In J.K. Luiselli & M.J. Cameron (Eds.), Antecedent control: Innovative approaches to behavioral support (115-138). Baltimore: Brookes.
Sandman, C. A. (1991). The opiate hypothesis in autism and self-injury. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 1, 237-248.
Schroeder, S. R., Reese, R. M., Hellings, J., Loupe, P., & Tessel, R. E. (1999). The causes of self-injurious behavior and their implications. In N. A. Wieseler, R. H. Hanson, & G. Siperstein (Eds.), Challenging behavior of persons with mental health disorders and severe developmental disabilities (pp. 65-87). Washington, DC: AAMR.
Thompson, T. Egli, M., Symons, F., & Delaney, D. (1994). Neurobehavioral mechanisms of drug action in developmental disabilities. In T. Thompson & D. B. Gray (Eds.), Destructive behavior in developmental disabilities: Diagnosis and treatment (pp. 133 179). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Umbreit, J. (1995). Functional assessment and intervention in a regular classroom setting for the disruptive behavior of a student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Behavioral Disorders, 20(4), 267-278.