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Pence, Sacha T.; Roscoe, Eileen M.; Bourret, Jason C.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
This study compared the outcomes of three descriptive analysis methods--the ABC method, the conditional probability method, and the conditional and background probability method--to each other and to the results obtained from functional analyses. Six individuals who had been diagnosed with developmental delays and exhibited problem behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Developmental Delays
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Berg, Wendy K.; Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Ganzer, Jed; Barretto, Anjali – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2007
Functional analyses of problem behavior for 4 young boys with developmental delays showed that problem behaviors were maintained by both negative and positive reinforcement. Functional communication training was conducted with one set of training stimuli in which the child's mother presented a work task in the family living room. Pretreatment…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Stimuli, Positive Reinforcement, Generalization
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Richman, David M.; Lindauer, Steven E. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2005
Twelve children (CA, 12 to 32 months) with developmental delay were observed in their homes during monthly analogue functional analysis probes to document patterns of emerging self-injurious behavior. Two patterns of emerging self-injury were observed for 5 participants: (a) The topography and functional analysis pattern remained the same, but the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Positive Reinforcement, Developmental Delays, Self Destructive Behavior