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An Evaluation of Persistence of Treatment Effects during Long-Term Treatment of Destructive Behavior
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Direct linkWacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Berg, Wendy K.; Lee, John F.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Padilla, Yaniz C.; Nevin, John A.; Shahan, Timothy A. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2011
Eight young children who displayed destructive behavior maintained, at least in part, by negative reinforcement received long-term functional communication training (FCT). During FCT, the children completed a portion of a task and then touched a communication card attached to a microswitch to obtain brief breaks. Prior to and intermittently…
Descriptors: Persistence, Behavior Modification, Negative Reinforcement, Behavior Disorders
Peer reviewedReimers, Thomas M.; Wacker, David P. – Behavioral Disorders, 1988
Ratings of treatment acceptability were obtained from 20 parents who sought professional assistance in managing their children's behavior. Initially, degree of disruptiveness of a proposed treatment and parental willingness to attempt it were significantly related to acceptability. Once treatment had been attempted, however, its perceived…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Counseling Effectiveness
Peer reviewedPenno, Douglas A.; Frank, Alan R.; Wacker, David P. – Behavioral Disorders, 2000
A three-phase functional assessment was conducted to develop and test hypotheses about the relation between instructional accommodations in academic areas and behavior problems for three adolescents with severe behavioral disorders. Implementation of one or more of the instructional accommodations resulted in improved academic productivity and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Peer reviewedBerg, Wendy K.; Peck, Stephanie; Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay; McComas, Jennifer; Richman, David; Brown, Kimberly – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
The effects of a presession exposure to attention on responding during subsequent assessment of attention as a reinforcer were evaluated across three behavioral assessments. In each experiment, the children responded differentially within the test condition according to the presence or absence of dense schedule of attention immediately prior to…
Descriptors: Attention, Audience Response, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Wacker, David P.; Berg, Wendy K.; Harding, Jay W.; Barretto, Anjali; Rankin, Barbara; Ganzer, Jed – Educational Psychology, 2005
We trained parents to conduct functional analyses (n = 25) and functional communication training (n = 23) in home settings over a four-year period with 25 young children who had developmental and behavioural disorders. For 12 of the children, pre-treatment (baseline) probes and post-treatment stimulus condition probes were conducted to assess…
Descriptors: Stimulus Generalization, Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children
Peer reviewedHarding, Jay W.; Wacker, David P.; Berg, Wendy K.; Barretto, Anjali; Rankin, Barbara – Education and Treatment of Children, 2002
Choice-making produces were used to identify response-reinforcer relations during assessment and treatment phases with two children (ages 4-6) with pervasive development disorders who displayed severe behavioral problems. Results were used to develop preliminary treatment packages in which access to positive reinforcement was contingent on…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Elementary Education
