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Vollmer, Timothy R.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1995
After finding that self-injurious behavior in two young males with developmental disabilities was negatively reinforced by escape from instructional activities, an intervention provided noncontingent escape on a fixed schedule and differential negative reinforcement of other behavior. Provision of escape, even when noncontingent, resulted in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Developmental Disabilities
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Pace, Gary M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
Obscene verbalizations in an individual with traumatic brain injury were treated using stimulus fading as the singular form of intervention. Results of a functional assessment revealed the obscenity was maintained by negative reinforcement. Stimulus fading (the gradual reintroduction of instructional demands) produced immediate and substantial…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Contingency Management, Head Injuries
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Sasso, Gary M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
Teachers of 2 children (ages 7 and 13) with autism were trained to conduct a descriptive analysis and a classroom experimental analysis of aberrant behavior. Each procedure identified negative reinforcement as a maintaining variable for aberrant behavior. Intervention based on the assessment was successfully implemented with one child and had…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Techniques
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Ahearn, William H.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
The effects of two methods of negative reinforcement on three young children (ages two and three) with developmental delays and chronic food refusal were examined. Physically guiding the child to accept food contingent on noncompliance and nonremoval of the spoon until the child ate were tested. Both treatments were effective; however, parents…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Developmental Delays, Eating Disorders
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Day, H. Michael; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
Functional analyses of problem behaviors were performed with three individuals with severe intellectual disabilities. Results indicated that the problem behaviors were maintained either when the behavior resulted in escape from difficult tasks or when the behavior resulted in access to preferred items. Training in functionally equivalent…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills