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Buckley, Jessica; Luiselli, James K.; Harper, Jill M.; Shlesinger, Andrew – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
We describe intervention with 2 adolescent male students who had autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and resisted haircutting performed by care providers at a residential school. The students were exposed to a graduated hierarchy of steps including the presence of hair clippers, and increased duration of hair clippers against their scalp and hair.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Males, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Dixon, Mark R.; Wiggins, Scott H.; Belisle, Jordan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2018
The current investigation sought to extend prior research evaluating the use of the PEAK Relational Training System as a comprehensive treatment model in improving language skills demonstrated by individuals with autism. Baseline PEAK-Direct Training and Verbal Behavior Milestone Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) assessments were…
Descriptors: Autism, Program Effectiveness, Language Skills, Males
Lepper, Tracy L.; Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2017
Research on stimulus-stimulus pairing to induce novel vocalizations in nonverbal children has typically employed response-independent pairing (RIP) procedures to condition speech sounds as reinforcers. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a response-contingent pairing (RCP) procedure on the vocalizations of three…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Program Effectiveness, Males
Houvouras, Andrew J., IV; Harvey, Mark T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
The use of behavioral skills training (BST) to educate 3 adolescent boys on the risks of lighters and fire setting was evaluated using in situ assessment in a school setting. Two participants had a history of fire setting. After training, all participants adhered to established rules: (a) avoid a deactivated lighter, (b) leave the training area,…
Descriptors: Safety Education, Fire Protection, Behavior Modification, Adolescents
Garcia-Albea, Elena; Reeve, Sharon A.; Brothers, Kevin J.; Reeve, Kenneth F. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
Script-fading procedures have been shown to be effective for teaching children with autism to initiate and participate in social interactions without vocal prompts from adults. In previous script and script-fading research, however, there has been no demonstration of a generalized repertoire of vocal interactions under the control of naturally…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scripts, Autism, Interaction
Donaldson, Jeanne M.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Yakich, Theresa M.; Van Camp, Carole – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Time-out is a negative punishment procedure that parents and teachers commonly use to reduce problem behavior; however, specific time-out parameters have not been evaluated adequately. One parameter that has received relatively little attention in the literature is the mode of administration (verbal or physical) of time-out. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Discipline, Timeout, Student Behavior
Bergstrom, Ryan; Najdowski, Adel C.; Tarbox, Jonathan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Children with autism may not develop safety skills (e.g., help-seeking behaviors) without explicit teaching. One potentially hazardous situation is when a child with autism becomes separated from caregivers in a retail establishment or other public setting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a treatment package (rules, role playing, and…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Autism, Role Playing, Safety Education
Shayne, Rachel K.; Fogel, Victoria A.; Miltenberger, Raymond G.; Koehler, Shannon – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
We compared the effects of exergaming and traditional physical education on physical activity among 4 active children who were not overweight and who had experience with the exergaming activities prior to the study. Results showed that exergaming produced substantially higher percentages of physical activity and opportunity to engage in physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Ingvarsson, Einar T.; Hollobaugh, Tatia – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We compared the efficacy of tact-to-intraverbal (i.e., using picture prompts) and echoic-to-intraverbal transfer-of-stimulus-control procedures to establish intraverbal responding in 3 boys (4 years old) with autism. For all 3 participants, the picture prompts resulted in fewer trials to criterion, but both prompting tactics were eventually…
Descriptors: Autism, Prompting, Young Children, Child Language
Lechago, Sarah A.; Carr, James E.; Grow, Laura L.; Love, Jessa R.; Almason, Season M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
The current study extends the literature on teaching mands for information by assessing whether mands generalize across different establishing operations (EOs). Three children with autism were taught to perform multiple behavior chains, 3 of which included a common response (e.g., "Where is the spoon?") used for different purposes. An…
Descriptors: Topography, Autism, Generalization, Behavior Problems
Marlowe, Douglas B.; Festinger, David S.; Dugosh, Karen L.; Arabia, Patricia L.; Kirby, Kimberly C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
This study evaluated a contingency management (CM) program in a drug court. Gift certificates for compliance were delivered at 4- to 6-week intervals (total value = $390.00). Participants in one condition earned gift certificates that escalated by $5.00 increments. Participants in a second condition began earning higher magnitude gift…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Positive Reinforcement, Drug Abuse, Program Effectiveness

White, Alicia G.; Bailey, Jon S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The study reduced the disruptive behaviors of students in 2 elementary physical education classes, including an alternative education class containing 14 fourth and fifth grade boys with severe behavior problems. A modified time-out procedure was used to reduce frequency of disruptive behaviors by 95 percent. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Intermediate Grades

Altus, Deborah E.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Two male adults with cocaine dependence received a behavioral intervention comprised of contingency management and the community reinforcement approach. Reinforcement was delivered contingent on submitting cocaine-free (and subsequently marijuana-free) urine specimens. The intervention was efficacious in achieving abstinence from cocaine and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Cocaine, Community Role

Charlop, Marjorie H.; Trasowech, Jane E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Parents of three autistic boys (ages 7-8) were taught to use a time delay procedure to increase their children's appropriate spontaneous speech in naturally occurring daily settings. Results indicated that all children increased their daily spontaneous speech and generalized their speech to other locations and persons. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Males