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Luczynski, Kevin C.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
We evaluated the effects of the preschool life skills program (PLS; Hanley, Heal, Tiger, & Ingvarsson, 2007) on the acquisition and maintenance of functional communication and self-control skills, as well as its effect on problem behavior, of small groups of preschoolers at risk for school failure. Six children were taught to request teacher…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Prevention, Behavior Problems, Communication Skills
Donaldson, Jeanne M.; Vollmer, Timothy R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
A common recommendation for implementing time-out procedures is to include a release contingency such that the individual is not allowed to leave time-out until no problem behavior has occurred for a specific amount of time (e.g, 30 s). We compared a fixed duration time-out procedure to a release contingency time-out procedure with 4 young…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Timeout, Comparative Analysis, Young Children
Greenwald, Mark K. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
A positive reinforcement contingency increased opioid abstinence during outpatient dose tapering (4, 2, then 0 mg/day during Weeks 1 through 3) in non-treatment-seeking heroin-dependent volunteers who had been maintained on buprenorphine (8 mg/day) during an inpatient research protocol. The control group (n = 12) received $4.00 for completing…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Positive Reinforcement, Control Groups, Experimental Groups