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Casey, Sean D.; Merical, Cheryl L. – Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Functional communication training (FCT) is an intervention frequently used for students with developmental disabilities to reduce problematic behaviors and to increase prosocial behaviors. This intervention appears to be very effective when the communication responses trained are matched to the function of the student's problematic behaviors. In…
Descriptors: Intervention, Negative Reinforcement, Inclusive Schools, Developmental Disabilities

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