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Rodriguez, Nicole M.; Thompson, Rachel H.; Baynham, Tanya Y. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
The current study presents a method for assessing the relative effects of attention and escape on noncompliance in preschoolers. Attention and escape conditions were alternated in a multielement design, and a contingency reversal procedure, in which one test condition served as a control for the other, was used to demonstrate control. For all 3…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Attention, Compliance (Psychology), Preschool Children
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Fisher, Wayne W.; Lindauer, Steven E.; Alterson, Cindy J.; Thompson, Rachel H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998
Three experiments were conducted with two participants with mental retardation that displayed property destruction and stereotypy. The experiments assessed the function of the responses, determined their relationship, and developed a treatment to reduce property destruction. Response blocking reduced property destruction (and attempts), prevented…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
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Fisher, Wayne W.; Thompson, Rachel H.; Kuhn, David E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998
Two children with mental retardation were trained to emit different communication responses to request the reinforcer for destructive behavior and an alternative reinforcer. Differential reinforcement of communication reduced destructive behavior regardless of whether a functional reinforcer or an alternative reinforcer was available or whether…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Communication Skills