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Direct linkO'Reilly; Mark F.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Lancioni, Giulio; Cannella, Helen; Choi, Ha Young; Barretto, Anjali – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
We attempted to isolate the evocative effects of the establishing operation for positively reinforced problem behavior with 2 participants. The study consisted of three phases. First, a functional analysis identified tangible items (Participant 1) and attention (Participant 2) as maintaining problem behavior. Second, access to tangible items and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Autism
Peer reviewedSigafoos, Jeff; Littlewood, Rachel – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1999
Opportunities for teaching a young child with autism to request more play were created at multiple points on the playground by momentarily interrupting the child's ongoing play using the behavior chain interruption strategy. The intervention resulted in high rates of correct requesting which were maintained with a new teacher and generalized to a…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Chaining, Behavior Modification, Case Studies
