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Combining Reward and Escape DRO to Reduce the Problem Behavior of Students with Severe Disabilities.
Kennedy, Craig H.; Haring, Thomas G. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1993
This study compared types of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO), namely, reward DRO (reward for omission of problem behavior), escape DRO (termination of instruction contingent on omission of problem behavior), and combined DRO. The combined DRO approach was most effective in reducing behavior problems of three adolescents with…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Instructional Effectiveness, Positive Reinforcement
Peer reviewedHaring, Thomas G.; Kennedy, Craig H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
This study found that, in a task context, differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) effectively reduced problem behavior and increased task performance of 2 adolescents with severe disabilities (ages 15 and 19), whereas a time-out procedure was ineffective. In a leisure context, time-out was effective while DRO was ineffective.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Context Effect, Leisure Time
