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Raab, Melinda; Dunst, Carl J.; Hamby, Deborah W. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
Findings from a randomized controlled design study of an ability-based versus needs-based approach to response-contingent learning among children with significant developmental delays and disabilities who did not use instrumental behavior to produce reinforcing consequences are reported. The ability-based intervention and needs-based intervention…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Developmental Delays, Intervention, Young Children
Nevin, John A. – Behavior Analyst, 2009
This article reviews evidence from basic and translational research with pigeons and humans suggesting that the persistence of operant behavior depends on the contingency between stimuli and reinforcers, and considers some implications for clinical interventions. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Stimuli, Persistence, Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
Boutot, E. Amanda; Hume, Kara – Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children (NJ1), 2010
Recent mandates related to the implementation of evidence-based practices for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) require that autism professionals both understand and are able to implement practices based on the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA). The use of the term "applied behavior analysis" and its related concepts…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Autism, Behavioral Science Research, Timeout
Husky, Mathilde M.; Mazure, Carolyn M.; Carroll, Kathleen M.; Barry, Danielle; Petry, Nancy M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Contingency management (CM) treatments have been shown to be effective in reducing substance use. This manuscript illustrates how the experience sampling method (ESM) can depict behavior and behavior change and can be used to explore CM treatment mechanisms. ESM characterizes idiosyncratic patterns of behavior and offers the potential to determine…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Operant Conditioning, Contingency Management, Behavior Change
Tennov, Dorothy – 1976
This training manual is designed to prepare behavior assistants to teach parents and other family members how to use operant conditioning techniques to solve family problems with children. Readers are warned not to attempt to put the recommended procedures to actual use until the text is fully comprehended. Chapter I gives arguments to justify the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children
Wood, Constance D.; And Others – 1979
Three papers discuss aspects of The Ima Hogg Therapeutic School for emotionally disturbed children. The first paper addresses the school's behavior development and management system, which rewards self management with freedom in physical activity and uses individualized target behaviors designed to increase the child's acceptable social…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Litzenberger, Jerry; Trusty, Kim
Tested with 31 students (kindergarten through grade 5) who manifested poor and inappropriate classroom behaviors was a combination of direct intervention strategy for behavior modification and provision of a maintenance program for the classroom teacher. Strategies included the use of observation and introduction procedures; and direct…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management

Brigham, Steven L.; And Others – Journal of Psychology, 1981
Three case studies demonstrated excessive alcohol drinking in adolescents could be reduced by self-monitoring and extrinsic reinforcement procedures. Behavioral interventions resulted in complete abstinence for a male with 10 years of excessive alcohol abuse. However, alcohol abuse increased markedly for two females once intervention procedures…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Case Studies, Contingency Management

Wolowitz, Howard Martin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Discusses the Morris and Suckerman report on experimental studies testing the Rogerian hypothesis that phobic desensitization occurs as a function of therapist warmth versus the behavioral explanation that desensitization is a function of reciprocal inhibition. Morris and Suckerman respond to the critique. (Author/EJT)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Conditioning, Content Analysis
Strain, Phillip S.; And Others – Bureau Memorandum, 1978
Peer reinforcement, modeling, and cooperative programing arrangements are among the strategies described which involve peers in modifying the behavior problems of classmates. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Emotional Disturbances
1974
Described is the behavioral program for autistic children in use at the Valley View School District in Illinois. Sections cover the following topics: (1) characteristics of the autistic child (basic impairments, special skills, and secondary behavior problems), (2) basic principles of operant conditioning, (3) description of the methods used in…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Definitions

Gresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Review, 1983
This study, an approach to controlling "acting-out" behaviors of handicapped children in elementary schools, describes the use of a home-based dependent group contingency to eliminate the destructive behavior (fire-setting, vandalizing property) of a mildly retarded eight-year-old boy. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Contingency Management, Elementary Education

Altman, Karl; Haavik, Sarah – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1977
Examined are the implications of independent ambulation for severely retarded children and reviewed is the literature describing behavioral interventions which facilitate walking. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Daily Living Skills, Intervention

Naughton, Colleen C.; McLaughlin, T. F. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1995
This paper discusses how to set up and implement a token economy system for students with behavior disorders in a classroom setting. The available literature is reviewed, and it is concluded that token economies have been proven effective in improving behavior among students with social and academic deficits. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Contingency Management
Grimes, Jeff, Ed. – 1977
The case studies presented by seven school psychologists illustrate the nature and scope of psychological intervention with emotionally disturbed and otherwise handicapped students. Included are papers with the following titles and authors: "Desensitization--An Approach to the Elimination of Phobic Behavior" (E. Asmus); "Reduction of Classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Contingency Management
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