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Teaching Self-Control with Qualitatively Different Reinforcers
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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
Prevention of Problem Behavior by Teaching Functional Communication and Self-Control Skills to Preschoolers
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Luczynski, Kevin C.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
We evaluated the effects of the preschool life skills program (PLS; Hanley, Heal, Tiger, & Ingvarsson, 2007) on the acquisition and maintenance of functional communication and self-control skills, as well as its effect on problem behavior, of small groups of preschoolers at risk for school failure. Six children were taught to request teacher…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Prevention, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills
Improving Written Language Performance of Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome
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Delano, Monica E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
The effects of a multicomponent intervention involving self-regulated strategy development delivered via video self-modeling on the written language performance of 3 students with Asperger syndrome were examined. During intervention sessions, each student watched a video of himself performing strategies for increasing the number of words written…
Descriptors: Written Language, Intervention, Asperger Syndrome, Writing Skills
Direct and Collateral Effects of Restraints and Restraint Fading.
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Fisher, Wayne W.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1997
A study of three individuals with self-injurious behavior (SIB) evaluated a device designed for restraint fading with individuals who display hand-to-head SIB. Results demonstrated that stimulus control of SIB occurred in all individuals subsequent to restraint fading. The study also examined the effects of the rigid arm sleeves and restraint…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Children
Treatment of Covert Food Stealing in an Individual with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
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Maglieri, Kristen, A.; DeLeon, Iser G.; Rodriguez-Catter, Vanessa; Sevin, Bart M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
A study found verbal reprimands, delivered contingent upon eating prohibited foods, were sufficient to decease the food stealing of a girl (age 14) with Prader-Willi syndrome. Warning stimuli were then successfully used to help her discriminate between permitted/prohibited foods during sessions in which food stealing was not directly observed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Eating Disorders, Females
Using a Self-Control Training Procedure To Increase Appropriate Behavior.
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Dixon, Mark R.; Hayes, Linda J.; Binder, Lisa M.; Manthey, Sharon; Sigman, Connie; Zdanowski, Darlene M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998
A study evaluated teaching a technique for self-control to three adults with developmental disabilities. Concurrent fixed-duration/progressive-duration reinforcement schedules were introduced in which both smaller and larger reinforcers were available immediately. When progressively increasing delays were introduced for the larger reinforcer,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Decision Making Skills, Delay of Gratification