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Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Morgan, Theresa A.; Berg, Wendy K.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Lee, John F.; Padilla, Yaniz C. – Psychological Record, 2013
Three children who displayed destructive behavior maintained by negative reinforcement received functional communication training (FCT). During FCT, the children were required to complete a demand and then to mand (touch a card attached to a microswitch, sign, or vocalize) to receive brief play breaks. Prior to and 1 to 3 times following the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Negative Reinforcement, Behavior Problems, Young Children
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Padilla Dalmau, Yaniz C.; Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Berg, Wendy K.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Lee, John F.; Breznican, Gregory P.; Kramer, Abigail R. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2011
We evaluated whether differences in treatment effectiveness or preference between languages emerged across Spanish and English during functional communication training (FCT) for young children with developmental disabilities exposed to Spanish and English in the home environment. Participants were 2 young children with developmental disabilities…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Young Children, Family Environment
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Schieltz, Kelly M.; Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Berg, Wendy K.; Lee, John F.; Padilla Dalmau, Yaniz C.; Mews, Jayme; Ibrahimovic, Muska – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of functional communication training (FCT) on the occurrence of non-targeted disruptive behavior. The 10 participants were preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities who engaged in both destructive (property destruction, aggression, self-injury) and disruptive (hand flapping,…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Negative Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
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Winborn-Kemmerer, Lisa; Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay; Boelter, Eric; Berg, Wendy; Lee, John – Education and Treatment of Children, 2010
We conducted a three-phase study to evaluate the use of mands and the occurrence of problem behavior for 2 children with developmental disabilities. During Phase 1, a functional analysis identified the variables maintaining problem behavior. During Phase 2, functional communication training was implemented within a concurrent schedules design. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Topography, Developmental Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Winborn-Kemmerer, Lisa; Ringdahl, Joel E.; Wacker, David P.; Kitsukawa, Kana – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Preference for mand topography was evaluated for 2 individuals with developmental disabilities who exhibited problem behavior. The results of a functional analysis showed that each participant's problem behavior was maintained by social reinforcement. Participants were taught two novel mand topographies for the same functional reinforcer, and each…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Social Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
Asmus, Jennifer M.; Ringdahl, Joel E.; Sellers, Jennifer A.; Call, Nathan A.; Andelman, Marc S.; Wacker, David P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2004
Previous outcome studies have provided descriptions of functional analyses conducted in outpatient clinics (Derby et al., 1992), long-term inpatient programs (Iwata, Pace, et al., 1994), and home environments (Wacker et al., 1998). This study provides a description of 138 children and adults with and without developmental disabilities who were…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Clinics, Behavior Modification
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Casey, Sean D.; Cooper-Brown, Linda J.; Wacker, David P.; Rankin, Barbara E. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2006
The feeding behaviors of a child diagnosed with failure to thrive were assessed using descriptive analysis methodology to identify the schedules of reinforcement provided by the child's parents. This analysis revealed that the child's appropriate feeding behaviors (i.e., bite acceptance, self-feeding) were on a lean schedule of positive…
Descriptors: Identification, Child Behavior, Reinforcement, Research Methodology
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Harding, Jay; Wacker, David P.; Berg, Wendy K.; Barretto, Anjali; Ringdahl, Joel – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2005
We evaluated the influence of child location on the occurrence of self-injurious behavior (SIB) during functional analyses conducted in home settings. An initial functional analysis conducted with 2 children who had developmental disabilities showed undifferentiated patterns of SIB. Analyses of behavior during free play suggested that the child's…
Descriptors: Play, Developmental Disabilities, Self Destructive Behavior, Behavior Modification
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Wacker, David P.; Berg, Wendy K.; Harding, Jay W.; Barretto, Anjali; Rankin, Barbara; Ganzer, Jed – Educational Psychology, 2005
We trained parents to conduct functional analyses (n = 25) and functional communication training (n = 23) in home settings over a four-year period with 25 young children who had developmental and behavioural disorders. For 12 of the children, pre-treatment (baseline) probes and post-treatment stimulus condition probes were conducted to assess…
Descriptors: Stimulus Generalization, Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children