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Reducing Inappropriate Behaviors in Classrooms and in Individual Sessions Through DRO Schedules of Reinforcement

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Repp, Alan C.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1976

Three experiments were conducted in a variety of settings to test the effectiveness of differential reinforcement of other behavior in reducing high rates of inappropriate behavior in 6 mildly and severely retarded children (8-14 years old). (Author/CL)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research

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