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Vollmer, Timothy R.; Iwata, Brian A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This paper reviews the functional properties and procedural variations of differential reinforcement for the reduction of behavior disorders in individuals with developmental disabilities. The paper proposes that limited success may be a result of the arbitrary relationship that exists between reinforcers and target behaviors when behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities, Negative Reinforcement
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Fisher, Wayne W.; Thompson, Rachel H.; Hagopian, Louis P.; Bowman, Lynn G.; Krug, Amy – Behavior Modification, 2000
Three individuals with severe behavior disorders and mental retardation, whose destructive behaviors were being maintained by positive reinforcement, were treated using functional communication training with extinction. The case studies investigated techniques used to increase effectiveness of delayed reinforcement and to teach individuals with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Case Studies
Hanley, Gregory P.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Maglieri, Kristen A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
The current study describes an assessment sequence that may be used to identify individualized, effective, and preferred interventions for severe problem behavior in lieu of relying on a restricted set of treatment options that are assumed to be in the best interest of consumers. The relative effectiveness of functional communication training…
Descriptors: Discipline, Positive Reinforcement, Punishment, Developmental Disabilities
Luiselli, James K., Ed.; Diament, Charles, Ed. – 2002
This volume of "Behavior Psychology in the Schools," discusses key topics in behavioral consultations in public school settings. Following an introduction, articles include: (1) "Focus, Scope, and Practice of Behavioral Consultation to Public Schools" (James K. Luiselli), which describes a four-stage process of consultation and…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification