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Effects of Conversational versus Technical Language on Treatment Preference and Integrity
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Jarmolowicz, David P.; Kahng, SungWoo; Ingvarsson, Einar T.; Goysovich, Richard; Heggemeyer, Rebecca; Gregory, Meagan K. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2008
Problem behaviors present a significant challenge for individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. Interventions based on behavioral principles are effective in treating problem behaviors; however, some caregivers have difficulty adhering to treatment recommendations. Treatment adherence may be affected by the technical nature…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Integrity, Intervention
Idiosyncratic Functions: Severe Problem Behavior Maintained by Access to Ritualistic Behaviors
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Hausman, Nicole; Kahng, SungWoo; Farrell, Ellen; Mongeon, Camille – Education and Treatment of Children, 2009
The development of functional analysis technology has been an important tool in the assessment and treatment of aberrant behaviors among individuals with developmental disabilities. In some cases, the function of problem behavior may be idiosyncratic in nature, making modifications to functional analyses necessary. In the current study, a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Developmental Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Further Examination of Discriminated Functional Communication
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Leon, Yanerys; Hausman, Nicole L.; Kahng, SungWoo; Becraft, Jessica L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
One child with developmental disabilities was taught to mand for attention by saying "excuse me." Treatment effects were extended to multiple training contexts by teaching the participant to attend to naturally occurring discriminative stimuli through differential reinforcement of communication during periods of the experimenter's nonbusy…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
Some Effects of Noncontingent Positive Reinforcement on Multiply Controlled Problem Behavior and Compliance in a Demand Context
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Ingvarsson, Einar T.; Kahng, SungWoo; Hausman, Nicole L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Functional analysis suggested that the problem behavior of an 8-year-old girl with autism was maintained by escape from demands and access to edible items. Noncontingent delivery of an edible item was sufficient to increase compliance and reduce the rate of problem behavior without the use of escape extinction in a demand context. Leaner and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment