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ERIC Number: EJ848696
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1554-4893
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A Brief Report: The Neutralizing Effects of Stimulus Control Intervention for Sleep on Escape Behavior and Token Performance of a Nine-Year-Old Child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Cautilli, Joseph; Dziewolska, Halina
Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, v1 n2 p232-238 2004
Over 35 years of behavioral research have shown contingency management systems in the classroom are highly effective for treating children with behavior problems. Questions remain if such systems can be enhanced by the functional assessment process. This case study looks at a nine-year-old child with oppositional behavior who was on a contingency management program. After a thorough functional assessment the author determined that poor sleep patterns contributed to poor performance on the token system the following morning. This post-hoc analysis of the data conformed to a reversal design. The program showed a functional relationship between neutralizing sleep difficulty and increasing of point earned and the decreasing of episodes of response cost. (Contains 3 figures and 1 footnote.)
Joseph Cautilli, Ph.D. & The Behavior Analyst Online Organization. 535 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-3220. Tel: 215-462-6737; Web site: http://www.baojournal.com/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4
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Language: English
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