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The Utility of a Brief Experimental Analysis for Problem Behavior Maintained by Escape from Demands
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Schmidt, Jonathan D.; Shanholtzer, Alison; Mezhoudi, Nabil; Scherbak, Bailey; Kahng, SungWoo – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
Brief experimental analysis (BEA) is a useful tool for quickly evaluating intervention strategies for individuals with academic deficits and minor behavior problems. However, there is a lack of research investigating BEA for intervention strategies with individuals who emit severe problem behavior to avoid academic demands. For the current study,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Academic Ability, Mental Retardation
Behavioral Treatment of Aggression in the Mentally Retarded: A Review.
Feldstein, Jerome H. – 1984
The paper reviews 34 behavioral treatment studies (1967-1983) examining reduction of aggressive behavior in mentally retarded people. Research reviewed was limited to treatment of physically aggressive responses such as hits, kicks, bites, chokes, scratches, and throwing objects by persons designated as mentally retarded. Among results reported…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Intervention
Comparison of Single and Multiple Functional Communication Training Responses for the Treatment of Problem Behavior.
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Kahng, Sung Woo; Hendrickson, Daniel J.; Vu, Chau P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
Two functional communication training (FCT) conditions were compared to treat behavior problems of a child with mental retardation. The child was taught to emit a single FCT response to obtain one of six items or multiple FCT responses that specified the exact item. Only the FCT-multiple conditions reduced problem behavior. (Contains four…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Contingency Management
Meta-Analytic Study on Treatment Effectiveness for Problem Behaviors with Individuals Who Have Mental Retardation.
Didden, Robert; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
Meta-analysis of 482 empirical studies on treatment of problem behaviors of individuals with mental retardation found that externally destructive behaviors are less successfully treated than socially disruptive and internally maladaptive behaviors. Also, response contingent procedures were significantly more effective than other procedures.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Intervention
A Retrospective Evaluation of Behavioral Programming in an Institutional Setting.
Tyson, Madalyn E.; Spooner, Fred – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
A retrospective evaluation of restrictive behavior programs in a state residential facility for persons with mental retardation found beneficial behavioral effects. The behavior programs reviewed utilized isolation timeout, exclusion timeout, response cost, prone restraint, seated restraint, timeout device, nonexclusion timeout, standing…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Contingency Management, Extinction (Psychology)
Application of Foxx and Azrin Toilet Training for the Retarded in a School Program
Trott, Maryann Colby – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1977
An intensive toilet training program based on behavioral principles was applied to an 11-year-old Down's syndrome child. (SBH)
Descriptors: Children, Contingency Management, Downs Syndrome, Drafting
Fat Chance in a Slim World or a Behavioral Weight Program for Trainable Adolescents.
Rotatori, Anthony F. – 1979
The study involving 18 moderately retarded adolescents attending a public high school program assessed the usefulness of a behavioral weight reduction program. The behavior treatment involved exposure of Ss to external and self-reinforcement, stimulus control, simplified self monitoring and exercise over a 14-week active training period. Behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Contingency Management