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Peer reviewedRortvedt, Angela K.; Miltenberger, Raymond G. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study evaluated the effectiveness of high probability requests and time-out as treatments for noncompliance which appeared to be maintained by contingent attention in two developmentally normal children. The introduction of high-probability requests increased compliance for one child but not the other. Time-out was effective with both…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Psychology), Contingency Management
Peer reviewedOnslow, Mark; And Others – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
A time-out from speaking contingency was evaluated in the treatment of stuttering in three school-age children. A red light time-out signal appeared for five seconds when the child stuttered. Two of the children responded to time-out with clear reductions in stuttering. Listeners did not detect any differences between the perceptually stutter-free…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Children, Contingency Management, Feedback
Miltenberger, Raymond G.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
Individuals (n=55) with mild to moderate mental retardation rated the acceptability of differential reinforcement and time-out. Community-based subjects and institutionalized subjects differed in their ratings depending on the severity of the problem. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Tyson, Madalyn E.; Spooner, Fred – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
A retrospective evaluation of restrictive behavior programs in a state residential facility for persons with mental retardation found beneficial behavioral effects. The behavior programs reviewed utilized isolation timeout, exclusion timeout, response cost, prone restraint, seated restraint, timeout device, nonexclusion timeout, standing…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Extinction (Psychology)
Peer reviewedMazaleski, Jodi L.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study evaluated effects of noncontingent and contingent protective equipment as treatment for self-injurious hand mouthing by two women with profound mental retardation. Behavior change appeared to be effected in both conditions. Results suggest either a punishment or a timeout interpretation, rather than an extinction interpretation, for the…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Peer reviewedHuguenin, Nancy H. – Mental Retardation, 1993
Behavioral techniques (positive reinforcement and nonexclusionary timeout) effectively decreased problem behaviors of noncompliance and aggression of a young adult male with severe mental retardation and Down's syndrome residing in the community. (DB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Peer reviewedTwyman, Janet S.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
The effects of a warning procedure signaling exclusionary timeout as a consequence for inappropriate behavior during contingent observation timeout was evaluated with nine elementary students having emotional and behavioral disorders. The use of warnings was associated with a decrease in appropriate contingent observation timeout behaviors,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management
