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Mace, F. Charles; Pratt, Jamie L.; Prager, Kevin L.; Pritchard, Duncan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We evaluated the effects of three different methods of denying access to requested high-preference activities on escalating problem behavior. Functional analysis and response class hierarchy (RCH) assessment results indicated that 4 topographies of problem behaviors displayed by a 13-year-old boy with high-functioning autism constituted an RCH…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Autism, Access to Computers, Methods
Sy, Jolene R.; Borrero, John C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
We assessed the effects of individually defined small, medium, and large periods of presession access to edible and nonedible reinforcers on response rates during sessions in which responding produced access to identical reinforcers. Any presession access to an edible reinforcer decreased response rates for 1 participant, and small and medium…
Descriptors: Response Rates (Questionnaires), Stimuli, Disabilities, Down Syndrome
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Mendres, Amber E.; Borrero, John C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
When responses function to produce the same reinforcer, a response class exists. Researchers have examined response classes in applied settings; however, the challenges associated with conducting applied research on response class development have recently necessitated the development of an analogue response class model. To date, little research…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Research, College Students
Betz, Alison; Higbee, Thomas S.; Reagon, Kara A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
We assessed the use of a joint activity schedule to increase peer engagement for preschoolers with autism. We taught 3 dyads of preschoolers with autism to follow joint activity schedules that cued both members of the pair to play a sequence of interactive games together. Results indicated that joint activity schedules increased peer engagement…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Time on Task, Games
Kuhn, Stephanie A. Contrucci; Triggs, Mandy – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Self-injurious behavior (SIB) that occurs at high rates across all conditions of a functional analysis can suggest automatic or multiple functions. In the current study, we conducted a functional analysis for 1 individual with SIB. Results indicated that SIB was, at least in part, maintained by automatic reinforcement. Further analyses using…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Reinforcement, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention
Lang, Russell; O'Reilly, Mark; Lancioni, Giulio; Rispoli, Mandy; Machalicek, Wendy; Chan, Jeffrey M.; Langthorne, Paul; Franco, Jesse – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Functional analyses that were conducted in two settings (playground and classroom) indicated that problem behavior was sensitive to adult attention on the playground and tangible items in the classroom. Attention- and tangible-based interventions were designed based on the results from each of the assessment environments and were compared. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Playgrounds, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Pence, Sacha T.; Roscoe, Eileen M.; Bourret, Jason C.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
This study compared the outcomes of three descriptive analysis methods--the ABC method, the conditional probability method, and the conditional and background probability method--to each other and to the results obtained from functional analyses. Six individuals who had been diagnosed with developmental delays and exhibited problem behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Developmental Delays
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Potoczak, Kathryn; Carr, James E.; Michael, Jack – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Two distinct analytic methods have been used to identify the function of problem behavior. The antecedent-behavior-consequence (ABC) method (Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, & Richman, 1982/1994) includes the delivery of consequences for problem behavior. The AB method (Carr & Durand, 1985) does not include consequence delivery, instead relying…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Negative Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
Dib, Nancy; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Discrete-trial teaching is an instructional method commonly used to teach social and academic skills to children with an autism spectrum disorder. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the indirect effects of discrete-trial teaching on 3 students' stereotypy. Instructions, feedback, modeling, and rehearsal were used to improve 3…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Private Schools, Autism, Check Lists
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Roane, Henry S.; Falcomata, Terry S.; Fisher, Wayne W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Within the context of behavioral economics, the ratio of response requirements to reinforcer magnitude is called "unit price." In this investigation, we yoked increases in reinforcer magnitude with increases in intervals of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) to thin DRO intervals to a terminal value. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Intervals, Mental Retardation
O'Callaghan, Patrick M.; Allen, Keith D.; Powell, Shawn; Salama, Fouad – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We evaluated the effectiveness of a dentist-implemented behavioral intervention in which brief escape from dental treatment was provided on a regular basis, independent of the child's behavior. Within a multiple baseline design across subjects, 5 children, ages 4 to 7 years, were provided with temporary escape from dental treatment on a fixed-time…
Descriptors: Intervals, Health Behavior, Dentistry, Dental Health
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Berg, Wendy K.; Wacker, David P.; Cigrand, Karla; Merkle, Steve; Wade, Jeanie; Henry, Kim; Wang, Yu-Chia – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
The results of a functional analysis of problem behavior and a paired-choice assessment were compared to determine whether the same social reinforcers were identified for problem behavior and an appropriate response (time allocation). The two assessments were conducted in classroom settings with 4 adolescents with mental retardation who engaged in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mental Retardation, Time Management, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Meany-Daboul, Maeve G.; Roscoe, Eileen M.; Bourret, Jason C.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
In the current study, momentary time sampling (MTS) and partial-interval recording (PIR) were compared to continuous-duration recording of stereotypy and to the frequency of self-injury during a treatment analysis to determine whether the recording method affected data interpretation. Five previously conducted treatment analysis data sets were…
Descriptors: Sampling, Intervals, Research Methodology, Data Interpretation
Baker, Jonathan C.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Mathews, R. Mark – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
In the current study, nursing home staff were taught to administer functional analyses to determine the variables maintaining aggression by an elder with dementia. The results indicated that aggression was evoked during bathroom routines and that escape maintained aggression. Staff then reduced aggression to near-zero levels with noncontingent…
Descriptors: Dementia, Nursing Homes, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems