Effectiveness of Functional Communication Training with and without Extinction and Punishment: A Summary of 21 Inpatient Cases.

Hagopian, Louis P.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Sullivan, Michelle Thibault; LeBlanc, Linda A.; Acquisto, Jean

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Publication Date: 1998

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Effectiveness of Functional Communication Training with and without Extinction and Punishment: A Summary of 21 Inpatient Cases.

Hagopian, Louis P.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Sullivan, Michelle Thibault; LeBlanc, Linda A.; Acquisto, Jean

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v31 n2 p211-35 Sum 1998

A study involving 21 individuals with mental retardation found functional communication training (FCT) with extinction was effective in reducing problem behavior in the majority of cases; however, when demand or delay-to-reinforcement fading was added, treatment efficacy decreased. FCT with punishment resulted in a reduction in problem behavior for every case. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Extinction (Psychology), Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness, Punishment, Reinforcement

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Language: English

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