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Bloom, Sarah E.; Lambert, Joseph M.; Dayton, Elizabeth; Samaha, Andrew L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Previous studies have focused on whether a trial-based functional analysis (FA) yields the same outcomes as more traditional FAs, and whether interventions based on trial-based FAs can reduce socially maintained problem behavior. We included a full range of behavior functions and taught 3 teachers to conduct a trial-based FA with 3 boys with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
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Smith, Carla M.; Smith, Richard G.; Dracobly, Joseph D.; Pace, Amy Peterson – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
We evaluated interrater agreement across multiple respondents on anecdotal assessments and compared cases in which agreement was obtained with outcomes of functional analyses. Experiment 1 evaluated agreement among multiple respondents on the function of problem behavior for 27 individuals across 42 target behaviors using the Motivation Assessment…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Interrater Reliability, Comparative Analysis, Experiments
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Passage, Michael; Tincani, Matt; Hantula, Donald A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
This study examined the effectiveness of using qualitatively different reinforcers to teach self-control to an adolescent boy who had been diagnosed with an intellectual disability. First, he was instructed to engage in an activity without programmed reinforcement. Next, he was instructed to engage in the activity under a two-choice fixed-duration…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Mental Retardation
Kliebert, Megan L.; Tiger, Jeffrey H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Previous research has demonstrated the efficacy of the noncontingent delivery of foods and liquids at suppressing rumination, the repeated regurgitation and rechewing of partially digested food. However, it is unclear how long this reduction is maintained after caregivers terminate this procedure. The current study examined the direct and distal…
Descriptors: Autism, Mental Retardation, Severe Disabilities, Allied Health Personnel
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
DeLeon, Iser G.; Gregory, Meagan K.; Frank-Crawford, Michelle A.; Allman, Melissa J.; Wilke, Arthur E.; Carreau-Webster, Abbey B.; Triggs, Mandy M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
This study examined how the amount of effort required to produce a reinforcer influenced subsequent preference for, and strength of, that reinforcer in 7 individuals with intellectual disabilities. Preference assessments identified four moderately preferred stimuli for each participant, and progressive-ratio (PR) analyses indexed reinforcer…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Mental Retardation, Reinforcement, Behavior Modification
Luke, Molli M.; Alavosius, Mark – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We evaluated the effects of immediate, personalized performance feedback on adherence with hand hygiene by health-care staff in the context of a multiple baseline design across participants. Target behaviors reached mastery levels and were maintained near 100% throughout 2 months of maintenance probes. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Mental Retardation, Hygiene, Behavior Modification
Slocum, Sarah K.; Tiger, Jeffrey H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Comparative studies of forward and backward chaining have led some to suggest that sensitivity to each teaching procedure may be idiosyncratic across learners and tasks. The purposes of the current study were threefold. First, we assessed differential sensitivity to each chaining procedure within children when presented with multiple learning…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis, Learning Processes
Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg; Carr, James E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We review recommendations for sequencing instruction in receptive and expressive language objectives in early and intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) programs. Several books recommend completing receptive protocols before introducing corresponding expressive protocols. However, this recommendation has little empirical support, and some…
Descriptors: Evidence, Direct Instruction, Autism, Expressive Language
Hall, Scott S.; Maynes, Natalee P.; Reiss, Allan L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Aversion to eye contact is a common behavior of individuals diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome (FXS); however, no studies to date have attempted to increase eye-contact duration in these individuals. In this study, we employed a percentile reinforcement schedule with and without overcorrection to shape eye-contact duration of 6 boys with FXS.…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Human Body, Genetic Disorders, Mental Retardation
Wilder, David A.; Register, Martisa; Register, Stanley; Bajagic, Vedrana; Neidert, Pamela L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
A functional analysis suggested that rumination exhibited by an adult with autism was maintained by automatic reinforcement. Next, a preference assessment with three flavor sprays (i.e., flavored sprays used by dieters) showed that apple pie spray was most preferred. Finally, the effects of fixed-time delivery of the apple pie spray on levels of…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Autism, Adults, Behavior Modification
Boelter, Eric W.; Hagopian, Louis P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Previous research suggests that motivating operation (MO) manipulations may assist in assessing discriminated manding (Gutierrez et al., 2007). The current study partially replicated and extended previous research by varying access to concurrently available reinforcers with different preference values (i.e., MO manipulations). Manding did not…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Severe Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Kuhn, David E.; Hardesty, Samantha L.; Luczynski, Kevin – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
The value of a reinforcer may change based on antecedent events, specifically the behavior of others (Bruzek & Thompson, 2007). In the current study, we examined the effects of manipulating the behavior of the therapist on problem behavior while all dimensions of reinforcement were held constant. Both participants' levels of problem behaviors…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Reinforcement, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Counselors
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DeLeon, Iser G.; Hagopian, Louis P.; Rodriguez-Catter, Vanessa; Bowman, Lynn G.; Long, Ethan S.; Boelter, Eric W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
This study evaluated an intervention for promoting wearing of prescription glasses in 4 individuals with mental retardation who had refused to wear their glasses previously. Distraction through noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) increased independent glasses wearing for 1 of the 4 participants. An intervention consisting of NCR, response cost, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Mental Retardation, Visual Impairments
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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