Biofeedback training with a learning disabled child

Percept Mot Skills. 1976 Feb;42(1):27-30. doi: 10.2466/pms.1976.42.1.27.

Abstract

Biofeedback training was used to increase a learning disabled child's ability to control his breathing patterns. The procedure was most effective when the child was permitted to explore freely the correlations between his respiratory movements and feedback from the apparatus. Probe trials showed that increased external and self-directed control over the direction and volume of breathing was achieved. Results were discussed in terms of the relationship between biofeedback technology and learning and behavior problems.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Feedback*
  • Humans
  • Learning Disabilities / complications*
  • Reinforcement, Social
  • Respiration*
  • Speech Disorders / complications
  • Transfer, Psychology
  • Visual Perception