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Effects on Stereotypy and Other Challenging Behavior of Matching Rates of Instruction to Free-Operant Rates of Responding.
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Johnson, Jesse W.; Van Laarhoven, Toni; Repp, Alan C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study tested whether four students with mental retardation would substitute task-related behaviors for stereotypic behaviors when opportunity for active responding did or did not match level of motoric responding in a free-operant baseline. Students did substitute behaviors, with stereotypic behaviors occurring 1.5-14 times as much in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Basing the Treatment of Stereotypic and Self-Injurious Behaviors on Hypotheses of Their Causes.
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Repp, Alan C.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
Method of treatment of self-injurious behaviors for three severely retarded students (ages six-seven) was selected by matching one of three hypotheses (self-stimulation, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement) to a judgment concerning cause. Results supported the argument that treatment programs should be based on a functional analysis of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Environment
The Relationship between Instructional Variables and Problem Behavior: A Review.
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Munk, Dennis D.; Repp, Alan C. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This paper reviews studies that have used instructional variables as nonaversive interventions for problem behaviors of individuals with severe disabilities. These include student choice of task, task variation, pace of instruction, interspersal of high probability tasks, partial versus whole task training, decreasing task difficulty, and a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
The Effects of Team-Based Functional Assessment on the Behavior of Students in Classroom Settings.
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Chandler, Lynette K.; Dahlquist, Carol M.; Repp, Alan C.; Feltz, Carol – Exceptional Children, 1999
A study examined the impact of functional assessment interventions on appropriate and challenging behaviors of 75 typical children (ages 3-6), 60 children at-risk, and 75 children with special needs. Functional assessment procedures resulted in a decrease in challenging behavior and nonengagement and an increase in active engagement and peer…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Disabilities