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Schmidt, Jonathan D.; Luiselli, James K.; Rue, Hanna; Whalley, Katherine – Behavior Modification, 2013
Some students who have developmental disabilities avoid settings and activities that can improve their learning and quality of life. This two-phase study concerned an adolescent boy with autism who avoided the gross-motor exercise room, gymnasium, and music room at his school; he demonstrated distress, agitation, and problem behaviors when…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Positive Reinforcement
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Lancioni, Giulio E.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Pichierri, Sabrina; Iaffaldano, Daniela; Latrofa, Alessandra; Oliva, Doretta – Behavior Modification, 2008
Two men with profound developmental disabilities used a mouth-wiping response instrumental to reduce drooling via a micro-switch-based program (i.e., a program in which the response was automatically monitored and followed by positive stimulation). The wiping response was performed via a napkin or a handkerchief placed inside a belt pocket. The…
Descriptors: Intervals, Developmental Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Responses
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Ducharme, Joseph M.; Sanjuan, Elena; Drain, Tammy – Behavior Modification, 2007
Errorless compliance training is a noncoercive, success-focused approach to treatment of problem behavior in children. The intervention involves graduated exposure of a child to increasingly more challenging requests at a slow enough rate to ensure that noncompliance rarely occurs, providing parents with many opportunities to reinforce cooperative…
Descriptors: Probability, Asperger Syndrome, Compliance (Psychology), Behavior Modification
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Friman, Patrick C.; Jones, Mark; Smith, Gail; Daly, Daniel L.; Larzelere, Robert – Behavior Modification, 1997
Examines whether substantial increases in the positive interactional ratios of six highly disruptive adolescents would decrease their behavior problems. Results indicate that the intervention significantly decreased behavior problems in the boys as a group. Discusses findings in terms of response-contingent reinforcement and systemic behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Objectives
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Vollmer, Timothy R.; And Others – Behavior Modification, 1996
Study investigates three preschool boys with language delays who exhibited tantrums. Alternative communicative responses were identified and reinforced as tantrum replacements for each child. Results show brief functional analyses of tantrums serve as viable assessment options in outclinic settings. Identifying the functional properties of…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Modification, Children, Communication Disorders
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Ajibola, Olatunji; Clement, Paul W. – Behavior Modification, 1995
Six boys, aged 9 to 12, attended a tutoring class focusing on reading for 30 minutes each morning. Six, 10-day treatment periods were imposed that used various combinations of drug placebo, noncontingent reinforcers, 0.3 mg/kg methylphenidate, 0.7 mg/kg methylphenidate, and self-reinforcement. The combined effects of methylphenidate and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Children, Drug Therapy
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Lahey, Benjamin B.; And Others – Behavior Modification, 1977
Available from: Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. Evaluated was the use of positive reinforcement in the remediation of severe perceptual motor disorders in the handwriting of four learning disabled boys (7 to 10 years old). (IM)
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Generalization