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Effects on Stereotypy and Other Challenging Behavior of Matching Rates of Instruction to Free-Operant Rates of Responding.
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Johnson, Jesse W.; Van Laarhoven, Toni; Repp, Alan C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2002
A study tested whether four students with mental retardation would substitute task-related behaviors for stereotypic behaviors when opportunity for active responding did or did not match level of motoric responding in a free-operant baseline. Students did substitute behaviors, with stereotypic behaviors occurring 1.5-14 times as much in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Empirically Derived Consequences: A Data-Based Method for Prescribing Treatments for Destructive Behavior.
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Fisher, Wayne; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This study used a data-based assessment to identify reinforcers and punishers for successful treatment of two children with severe destructive behaviors. Results suggested that empirically derived consequences may be useful in decreasing destructive behavior when a functional assessment is inconclusive or suggests that internal stimuli are…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Teaching Self-Help Skills to Autistic and Mentally Retarded Children.
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Matson, Johnny L.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1990
Four mentally retarded children (ages 4-11), 3 with autism, were successfully taught various adaptive behaviors for self-care skills. Training procedures involved the whole-task method and included modeling, verbal instructions, prompting, and edible and social reinforcement. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Autism, Behavior Modification, Elementary Education