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Autor/inn/en | Doughty, Shannon S.; Anderson, Cynthia M. |
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Titel | Effects of Noncontingent Reinforcement and Functional Communication Training on Problem Behavior and Mands |
Quelle | In: Education and Treatment of Children, 29 (2006) 1, S.23-50 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0748-8491 |
Schlagwörter | Reinforcement; Developmental Delays; Behavior Modification; Behavior Problems; Program Effectiveness; Children; Attention; Stimuli; Communication (Thought Transfer); Evaluation Research |
Abstract | Two children with developmental delays and a history of problem behavior participated in this study to examine the efficacy of combining two treatments demonstrated to reduce problem behavior: noncontingent reinforcement and functional communication training. At issue was whether the noncontingent delivery of an alternative preferred stimulus and reinforcement of mands increased the rate of mands, and suppressed problem behavior prior to and during the schedule thinning of noncontingent reinforcement. The necessity of extinction to obtain suppression of problem behavior also was examined. For both participants, noncontingent reinforcement using an alternative (or, arbitrary) preferred stimulus increased manding maintained by access to attention and decreased problem behavior. Extinction may be necessary to maintain response suppression during thinning of the noncontingent reinforcement schedule. Preliminary results, as well as the potential impact for practitioners and suggestions for future research are provided. (Author). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |