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Ferreri, Summer J.; Plavnick, Joshua B. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2011
Many children with severe developmental disabilities emit idiosyncratic gestures that may function as verbal operants (Sigafoos et al., 2000). This study examined the effectiveness of a functional analysis methodology to identify the variables responsible for gestures emitted by 2 young children with severe developmental disabilities. Potential…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children, Nonverbal Communication
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Potoczak, Kathryn; Carr, James E.; Michael, Jack – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Two distinct analytic methods have been used to identify the function of problem behavior. The antecedent-behavior-consequence (ABC) method (Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, & Richman, 1982/1994) includes the delivery of consequences for problem behavior. The AB method (Carr & Durand, 1985) does not include consequence delivery, instead relying…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Negative Reinforcement, Behavior Problems
Reid, Dennis H.; Parsons, Marsha B. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' (AAIDD's) Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum," Second Edition" ("PBSTC"), is a curriculum for training direct support personnel and their supervisors in the values and practices of Positive Behavior Support. The curriculum is designed for direct support persons and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Supervisory Training, On the Job Training, Developmental Disabilities