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Peer reviewedVollmer, Timothy R.; Iwata, Brian A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This paper reviews the functional properties and procedural variations of differential reinforcement for the reduction of behavior disorders in individuals with developmental disabilities. The paper proposes that limited success may be a result of the arbitrary relationship that exists between reinforcers and target behaviors when behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Negative Reinforcement
Peer reviewedAhearn, William H.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
The effects of two methods of negative reinforcement on three young children (ages two and three) with developmental delays and chronic food refusal were examined. Physically guiding the child to accept food contingent on noncompliance and nonremoval of the spoon until the child ate were tested. Both treatments were effective; however, parents…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Developmental Delays, Eating Disorders
Peer reviewedHarrison, Janet S.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
This article suggests that students with emotional/behavioral disorders may use disruptive behaviors to escape and avoid teacher instructional language for which they do not have comprehension skills and thus find aversive. Teacher instructional language thus maintains aberrant behavior through a negative reinforcement paradigm. Recommendations…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Communication
