NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Functional Communication Training: A Comprehensive Approach to Success for Educators
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McClure, Erica B.; Burt, Jonathan L. – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Functional communication training (FCT) is a strategy to address problem behavior for students with various disabilities that is supported by a broad evidence base. Despite this support, multiple factors continue to dissuade educators from utilizing FCT in their classrooms. This article outlines the process of developing and implementing FCT plans…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice
FBAs and BIPs: Avoiding and Addressing Four Common Challenges Related to Fidelity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hirsch, Shanna E.; Bruhn, Allison L.; Lloyd, John Wills; Katsiyannis, Antonis – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2017
There is substantial empirical evidence that the Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) process is an effective means to reduce student problem behavior and increase desirable behaviors (e.g., What Works Clearinghouse, 2016). The use of an FBA as the basis for a behavior intervention plan (BIP) has been a requirement for certain disciplinary…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Barriers, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Behavior
A Preliminary Investigation on Improving Functional Communication Training by Mitigating Resurgence of Destructive Behavior
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fuhrman, Ashley M.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Greer, Brian D. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
Despite the effectiveness and widespread use of functional communication training (FCT), resurgence of destructive behavior can occur if the functional communication response (FCR) contacts a challenge, such as lapses in treatment integrity. We evaluated a method to mitigate resurgence by conducting FCT using a multiple schedule of reinforcement…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Change, Outcomes of Treatment
Using Noncontingent Reinforcement to Reduce Perseverative Speech and Increase Engagement during Social Skills Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Noel, Christina R.; Rubow, Christopher C. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) is an effective technique for reducing a variety of behaviors in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); however, prior researchers have not investigated the effects of NCR to reduce perseverative speech in children with ASD in naturalistic educational contexts. The current investigation evaluated the…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
Teacher-Conducted Trial-Based Functional Analyses as the Basis for Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bloom, Sarah E.; Lambert, Joseph M.; Dayton, Elizabeth; Samaha, Andrew L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Previous studies have focused on whether a trial-based functional analysis (FA) yields the same outcomes as more traditional FAs, and whether interventions based on trial-based FAs can reduce socially maintained problem behavior. We included a full range of behavior functions and taught 3 teachers to conduct a trial-based FA with 3 boys with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
An Investigation of Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior without Extinction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Direct linkDirect link
Athens, Elizabeth S.; Vollmer, Timothy R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
We manipulated relative reinforcement for problem behavior and appropriate behavior using differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) without an extinction component. Seven children with developmental disabilities participated. We manipulated duration (Experiment 1), quality (Experiment 2), delay (Experiment 3), or a combination of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change
Functional Analysis of Aberrant Behavior Maintained by Automatic Reinforcement: Assessments of Specific Sensory Reinforcers.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Patel, Meeta R.; Carr, James E.; Kim, Christine; Robles, Adel; Eastridge, Dixie – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000
A study developed a systematic functional assessment package to reduce the stereotypy and self-injurious behaviors maintained by nonsocial reinforcement in two individuals with mental retardation. Differential reinforcement of zero rates of responding (DRO) procedures using stimuli within the targeted sensory classes were successful in eliminated…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Children