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Brief Report: Imitation Effects on Children with Autism.
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Escalona, Angelica; Field, Tiffany; Nadel, Jacqueline; Lundy, Brenda – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
Twenty children with autism received either an imitative or contingently responsive interaction with an adult. The contingency condition appeared to be the more effective way to facilitate a distal social behavior (attention), whereas the imitative condition was a more effective way to facilitate a proximal social behavior (touching). (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Children, Contingency Management
Quantitative Assessments of Sensitivity to Reinforcement Contingencies in Mental Retardation.
Dube, William V.; McIlvane, William J. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
Sensitivity to reinforcement contingencies was examined in six individuals with mental retardation using a concurrent operants procedure in the context of a computer game. Results included individual differences in sensitivity and differential sensitivity to rate and magnitude variation. Results suggest that comprehensive assessments of potential…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Contingency Management, Evaluation Methods
Experimental Analysis and Extinction of Self-Injurious Escape Behavior.
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Iwata, Brian A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
Three studies investigated environmental correlates of self-injurious behavior in seven developmentally disabled children and adolescents which were then later used for treatment. Correlates investigated included positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, automatic reinforcement, and control. "Escape extinction" was successfully…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Children, Contingency Management
Control of Children's Stuttering with Response-Contingent Time-Out: Behavioral, Perceptual, and Acoustic Data.
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Onslow, Mark; And Others – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
A time-out from speaking contingency was evaluated in the treatment of stuttering in three school-age children. A red light time-out signal appeared for five seconds when the child stuttered. Two of the children responded to time-out with clear reductions in stuttering. Listeners did not detect any differences between the perceptually stutter-free…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Children, Contingency Management, Feedback
Treatment of Automatically Reinforced Object Mouthing with Noncontingent Reinforcement and Response Blocking: Experimental Analysis and Social Validation.
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Carr, James E.; Dozier, Claudia L.; Patel, Meeta R.; Adams, Amanda Nicolson; Martin, Nichelle – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A brief functional analysis indicated that the object mouthing of a young girl diagnosed with autism was maintained independent of social consequences. Separate and combined effects of response blocking and non-contingent reinforcement were then evaluated as treatments. Although both interventions were unsuccessful when implemented separately,…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Brief Functional Assessment Techniques to Evaluate Aberrant Behavior in an Outpatient Setting: A Summary of 79 Cases.
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Derby, K. Mark; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
This paper summarizes brief functional assessments of 79 cases of people with developmental disabilities and self-injurious, aggressive, stereotypic, or other aberrant behavior. Outcomes were evaluated across three variables: (1) referring topography, (2) control over behavior, and (3) the identified maintaining conditions for aberrant behavior.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns