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Horner, Robert H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
Functional assessment is redefining the standards for clinical interventions with problem behavior and reemphasizing the importance of basic behavioral mechanisms. It has shown the importance of complex patterns of behavioral control, functional assessment as an ongoing process, and the importance of attention to antecedent variables. Future…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Evaluation Methods
Dube, William V.; McIlvane, William J. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
Sensitivity to reinforcement contingencies was examined in six individuals with mental retardation using a concurrent operants procedure in the context of a computer game. Results included individual differences in sensitivity and differential sensitivity to rate and magnitude variation. Results suggest that comprehensive assessments of potential…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Contingency Management, Evaluation Methods
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Harding, Jay; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
Seven parents conducted assessments in an outpatient clinic using a prescribed hierarchy of antecedent and consequence treatment components for their children's problem behavior. Brief assessment of potential treatment components identified variables controlling children's appropriate behavior. Experimental control was achieved for six of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management
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Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This commentary summarizes methodological and conceptual issues in functional analysis methodologies and offers some suggestions for their resolution. Considered are increasing complexity, absence of contingencies during assessment, use of subtle manipulations, alternative assessment strategies, analysis of antecedent influences on behavior,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management
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Green, Carolyn W.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Four experiments involving 18 individuals (ages 14-55) with profound multiple handicaps found that 12 stimuli used in a preference assessment represented a comprehensive stimulus set for identifying preferences, though the utility of the set could sometimes be enhanced by caregiver opinion. Results also indicated that preferences identified were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Caregivers, Evaluation Methods
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Iwata, Brian A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
Data are summarized from 152 single-subject analyses of the reinforcing functions of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in individuals with developmental disabilities. Overall results indicated that functional analysis methodologies are extremely effective in identifying the environmental determinants of SIB on an individual basis and, subsequently, in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developmental Disabilities, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Methods
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Neef, Nancy A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This study examined how reinforcer rate, quality, delay, and response effort combined to influence the choices of six adolescents with emotional disturbance and learning difficulties and the feasibility of an assessment methodology based on matching theory for determining differential responsiveness to reinforcer and response dimensions. Results…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Contingency Management, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods