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Direct linkO'Brien, Matthew J.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Berg, Wendy K.; McComas, Jennifer J.; Wacker, David P. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2021
In this article, we provide a case example of how telehealth can be used by care providers in their homes to access empirically validated procedures such as functional communication training. As shown in the case example, complex assessment and intervention procedures were implemented successfully by care providers in their homes while receiving…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Child Health, Access to Health Care
Wacker, David P.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Berg, Wendy K.; Harding, Jay W.; Padilla Dalmau, Yaniz C.; Lee, John F. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2017
This article describes the results of a series of studies that involved functional communication training (FCT) conducted in children's homes by their parents. The 103 children who participated were six years old or younger, had developmental delays, and engaged in destructive behaviors such as self-injury. The core procedures used in each study…
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Young Children, Developmental Delays, Behavior Problems
Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Morgan, Theresa A.; Berg, Wendy K.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Lee, John F.; Padilla, Yaniz C. – Psychological Record, 2013
Three children who displayed destructive behavior maintained by negative reinforcement received functional communication training (FCT). During FCT, the children were required to complete a demand and then to mand (touch a card attached to a microswitch, sign, or vocalize) to receive brief play breaks. Prior to and 1 to 3 times following the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Negative Reinforcement, Behavior Problems, Young Children
Download full textBerg, Wendy K.; Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Ganzer, Jed; Barretto, Anjali – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2007
Functional analyses of problem behavior for 4 young boys with developmental delays showed that problem behaviors were maintained by both negative and positive reinforcement. Functional communication training was conducted with one set of training stimuli in which the child's mother presented a work task in the family living room. Pretreatment…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Stimuli, Positive Reinforcement, Generalization
