Increase Writing Performance using a Shaping Procedure with a Patient with Sequelae caused by Cardiovascular Accident
Résumé
Background and Objective:
Behavioral procedures have proven to be effective with elderly adults in nursing home. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a shaping procedure as a means of increasing writing performance. More specifically, our aim was to reeducate a motor behavior in a patient for whom the behavior was no longer present.
Materials and Methods:
The participant was an elderly (76-year-old) who had sequelae from a cardiovascular accident since 2011, and was asked to write some selected words. Data were collected though face-to-face interviews then analyzed using cotation methods.
Results:
The shaping and chaining procedures were efficient and performance of writing increased, even for infrequent words.
Conclusion:
Increasing writing performance is possible for the elderly people, even if they have suffered from cardiovascular accidents in the past. Here we used a successful brief shaping procedure to enhance quickly that ability.