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Group Contingencies to Increase School and Project Attendance in At-Risk Adolescents: A Pilot Study
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Costello, Karen M.; Smyth, Sinéad – Education and Treatment of Children, 2017
The current study employed a group contingency in order to increase school and project attendance in a group of 10 at-risk male adolescents. The participants were already attending a youth diversion project designed to reduce criminal and antisocial behaviors. The group contingency was based on the fantasy football model (an interactive, virtual…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Males, Adolescents, Youth Programs
The Utility of a Brief Experimental Analysis for Problem Behavior Maintained by Escape from Demands
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Schmidt, Jonathan D.; Shanholtzer, Alison; Mezhoudi, Nabil; Scherbak, Bailey; Kahng, SungWoo – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
Brief experimental analysis (BEA) is a useful tool for quickly evaluating intervention strategies for individuals with academic deficits and minor behavior problems. However, there is a lack of research investigating BEA for intervention strategies with individuals who emit severe problem behavior to avoid academic demands. For the current study,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Academic Ability, Mental Retardation
A Case Study of the Reduction of Aberrant, Repetitive Responses of an Adolescent with Autism.
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Gunter, Philip L.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
In this case study, music was applied noncontingently and contingently across four settings with an adolescent male with autism, to reduce aberrant, repetitive vocalizations. The intervention was associated with dramatic reductions in the primary aberrant behavior and reductions in two other aberrant behaviors. Task performance was differentially…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
Empirical Examination of a Multicomponent Treatment for Pediatric Food Refusal.
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Hoch, Theodore A.; Babbitt, Roberta L.; Farrar-Schneider, Debra; Berkowitz, Merrill J.; Owens, J. Carl; Knight, Terry L.; Snyder, Angela M.; Rizol, Laura M.; Wise, David T. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
This paper reports on assessment and treatment of food refusal for four inpatient boys (ages 2,3,3, and 9) receiving tube feedings. It used a contingency contacting procedure extended by a component analysis. Data suggest that food refusal appeared to be maintained primarily by negative reinforcement contingencies. Caregiver responses indicated a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Children, Contingency Management