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The Evaluation and Treatment of Aggression Maintained by Attention and Automatic Reinforcement.
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Thompson, Rachel H.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Piazza, Cathleen C.; Kuhn, David E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998
A study used direct and indirect methods to assess and treat several topographies of the aggression of a 7-year-old boy with severe mental retardation and pervasive personality disorder. Functional communication training with extinction reduced all forms of aggression except chin grinding, which was reduced by an alternative treatment. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Aggression, Autism, Behavior Modification, Children
Establishing Discriminative Control of Responding Using Functional and Alternative Reinforcers during Functional Communication Training.
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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