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Effects on Stereotypy and Other Challenging Behavior of Matching Rates of Instruction to Free-Operant Rates of Responding.
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Johnson, Jesse W.; Van Laarhoven, Toni; Repp, Alan C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study tested whether four students with mental retardation would substitute task-related behaviors for stereotypic behaviors when opportunity for active responding did or did not match level of motoric responding in a free-operant baseline. Students did substitute behaviors, with stereotypic behaviors occurring 1.5-14 times as much in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems