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Control of Nocturnal Enuresis in a Cerebral Palsied Child Using an Enuresis Alarm: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Kathy Oswin  and
Alan Hudson
Kathy Oswin
Affiliation:
Student Services, Education Department of Victoria
Alan Hudson*
Affiliation:
Phillip Institute of Technology, Vic.
*
Psychology Department, Phillip Institute of Technology, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 3083
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Abstract

An enuresis alarm was successfully used for treatment enuresis in a five-year-old athetoid cerebral palsied child. Treatment included an overlearning procedure and the child was dry at six months follow up.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1984 , pp. 36 - 37
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1984

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