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Reducing Stereotypic Responding of Retarded Persons by the Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior
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Repp, Alan C.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
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
Assessing a Least Restrictive Educational Environment Transfer through Social Comparison.
Repp, Alan C.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1986
A study of 19 trainable retarded students (6-18 years old) showed (1) level of appropriate responding increased with transfer to the community; (2) level of inappropriate behavior remained the same after transter; and (3) levels of appropriate and inappropriate responding of the transferred group were similar to those of a community group.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)