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DeQuinzio, Jaime A.; Taylor, Bridget A.; Tomasi, Brittany J. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2018
We extended past observational learning research by incorporating stimuli already known to participants into training. We used a multiple-baseline design across three participants to determine the effects of discrimination training on the discrimination of consequences applied to modeled responses using both known and unknown pictures. During…
Descriptors: Autism, Observation, Pictorial Stimuli, Imitation
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Wiskow, Katie M.; Donaldson, Jeanne M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
We compared the effects of Lag 0 and Lag 1 schedules of reinforcement on children's responses naming category items in a group context and subsequent responses emitted during individual testing in which the schedule of reinforcement remained Lag 0. Specifically, we measured response variability and novel responses to categories for 3 children who…
Descriptors: Naming, Children, Reinforcement, Context Effect
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DeQuinzio, Jaime Ann; Taylor, Bridget A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015
We taught 4 participants with autism to discriminate between the reinforced and nonreinforced responses of an adult model and evaluated the effectiveness of this intervention using a multiple baseline design. During baseline, participants were simply exposed to adult models' correct and incorrect responses and the respective consequences of each.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Autism, Children, Reinforcement
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Leaf, Justin B.; Oppenheim-Leaf, Misty L.; Leaf, Ronald; Courtemanche, Andrea B.; Taubman, Mitchell; McEachin, John; Sheldon, Jan B.; Sherman, James A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may play with limited objects or toys, making it difficult for teachers to identify reinforcers to use in teaching new skills. The goal of this study was to alter children's preferences from highly preferred toys to toys that were originally less preferred using an observational pairing procedure.…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Reinforcement, Observational Learning, Autism
Bancroft, Stacie L.; Weiss, Julie S.; Libby, Myrna E.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We compared variations for teaching a sequence of responses through forward chaining. Seven children who had been diagnosed with autism participated in a comparison of teacher completion (TC) of steps beyond the training step and manually guiding the student (SC) to complete steps beyond the training step. A no-completion (NC) condition, in which…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Training Methods, Psychomotor Skills
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Vaz, Petula C. M.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Stewart, Victoria; Volkert, Valerie M.; Groff, Rebecca A.; Patel, Meeta R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Packing is a problematic mealtime behavior that is characterized by pocketing or holding solids or liquids in the mouth without swallowing. In the current study, we examined the effects of a chaser, a liquid or solid consistently accepted and swallowed by the child, to decrease packing of solid foods in 3 children with feeding disorders. During…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Infants, Outcomes of Treatment, Behavior Problems
DiGennaro Reed, Florence D.; Reed, Derek D.; Baez, Cynthia N.; Maguire, Helena – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We investigated the effects of systematic changes in levels of treatment integrity by altering errors of commission during error-correction procedures as part of discrete-trial training. We taught 3 students with autism receptive nonsense shapes under 3 treatment integrity conditions (0%, 50%, or 100% errors of commission). Participants exhibited…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Error Patterns, Fidelity
Call, Nathan A.; Pabico, Ryan S.; Findley, Addie J.; Valentino, Amber L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Blocking is a frequent component of treatments for elopement. Unfortunately, blocking may not always be feasible because elopement often occurs when supervision is low or the behavior cannot be prevented. The present study evaluated the use of blocking in the treatment of elopement by using differential reinforcement of other behavior with and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Behavior Problems, Autism
Nigro-Bruzzi, Darlene; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
We evaluated the effects of a training package, including instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback, for training staff members to conduct mand training with children. Experimenters collected data on staff performance on each step of a task analysis of mand training and on unprompted child vocal mands. Training resulted in increases in staff…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Task Analysis, Training, Observation
Ulke-Kurkcuoglu, Burcu; Kircaali-Iftar, Gonul – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
The present study compares the effects of providing choice between activities or between materials for completion of activities on the on-task behavior of 4 boys with autism spectrum disorders. Results showed that the participants displayed higher levels of on-task behavior during the choice conditions than in the no-choice condition. However, the…
Descriptors: Autism, Comparative Analysis, Males, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Kuhn, David E.; Chirighin, Anna E.; Zelenka, Katrina – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
A limitation associated with communication-based interventions for problem behavior is the potential for requesting reinforcement at high rates. Multiple-schedule arrangements have been demonstrated to be effective for controlling rates of responding (Hanley, Iwata, & Thompson, 2001). In the current study, we extended previous research by teaching…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Stimuli, Caregivers, Intervention
Leon, Yanerys; Hausman, Nicole L.; Kahng, SungWoo; Becraft, Jessica L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
One child with developmental disabilities was taught to mand for attention by saying "excuse me." Treatment effects were extended to multiple training contexts by teaching the participant to attend to naturally occurring discriminative stimuli through differential reinforcement of communication during periods of the experimenter's nonbusy…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
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Fogel, Victoria A.; Miltenberger, Raymond G.; Graves, Rachel; Koehler, Shannon – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
Childhood obesity, which is due in part to lack of physical activity, is a serious concern that requires the attention of the behavioral community. Although excessive video game play has been noted in the literature as a contributor to childhood obesity, newer video gaming technology, called "exergaming", has been designed to capitalize…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Video Games
Lerman, Dorothea C.; Tetreault, Allison; Hovanetz, Alyson; Strobel, Margaret; Garro, Joanie – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
The purpose of this study was to further evaluate the outcomes of a model program that was designed to train current teachers of children with autism. Nine certified special education teachers participating in an intensive 5-day summer training program were taught a relatively large number of specific skills in two areas (preference assessment and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Autism, Special Education Teachers, Lesson Observation Criteria
Roscoe, Eileen M.; Carreau, Abbey; MacDonald, Jackie; Pence, Sacha T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Research suggests that including leisure items in the attention condition of a functional analysis may produce engagement that masks sensitivity to attention. In this study, 4 individuals. initial functional analyses indicated that behavior was maintained by nonsocial variables (n = 3) or by attention (n = 1). A preference assessment was used to…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Attention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems
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