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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS 2006, 39, 459–462 NUMBER4(WINTER2006) REDUCING SKIN PICKING VIA COMPETING ACTIVITIES KATHLEEN LYNNE LANE,ADA THOMPSON,CARA L. RESKE, LAUREN M. GABLE, AND SALLY BARTON-ARWOOD PEABODY COLLEGE OF VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY This study examined the outcomes of a competing activities intervention to decrease skin picking exhibited by a 9-year-old student with comorbid diagnoses. Results of an ABCBAB design revealed that the use of student-selected manipulatives resulted in reduced skin picking. DESCRIPTORS: skin picking, function-based intervention _______________________________________________________________________________ Skin picking, also referred to as neurotic METHOD excoriation, includes behaviors such as picking, Participant and Setting scratching, and squeezing ...