A performance-based lottery to improve residential care and training by institutional staff.

abstract：:Recent research indicates that when analyzing graphically presented single-subject data, subjects trained in visual inference appear to attend to large changes between phases regardless of relative variation and do not differentiate among common intervention effect patterns. In this follow-up study, experts in applied...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Furlong MJ,Wampold BE

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined correspondence between preference assessment outcome and within-session patterns of responding in one subject with autism. Responding maintained by a single highly preferred item resulted in a greater total number of responses, a slower decline in within-session response rates, and a greater proportion of ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Keyl-Austin AA,Samaha AL,Bloom SE,Boyle MA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model of operant choice, the generalized matching law was used to analyze play-calling data from the 2004 National Football League season. In all analyses, the relative ratio of passing to rushing plays was examined as a function of the relative ratio of reinforcement, defined as yards gained, from pass...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Reed DD,Critchfield TS,Martens BK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogue functional analyses are widely used to identify the operant function of problem behavior in individuals with developmental disabilities. Because problem behavior often occurs across multiple settings (e.g., homes, schools, outpatient clinics), it is important to determine whether the results of functional ana...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lang R,Sigafoos J,Lancioni G,Didden R,Rispoli M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the efficacy of a personalized system of instruction to teach checking account skills to persons with mild disabilities. Using a self-paced manual, 8 participants in two groups were taught to write checks, complete deposit slips, and reconcile monthly bank statements. Four participants were assess...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Zencius AH,Davis PK,Cuvo AJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of sensory reinforcement was examined in programming multiple treatment gains in self-stimulation and spontaneous play for developmentally disabled children. Two phases were planned. First, we attempted to identify reinforcers maintaining self-stimulation. Sensory Extinction procedures were implemented in whi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Rincover A,Cook R,Peoples A,Packard D

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effects of individually defined small, medium, and large periods of presession access to edible and nonedible reinforcers on response rates during sessions in which responding produced access to identical reinforcers. Any presession access to an edible reinforcer decreased response rates for 1 particip...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Sy JR,Borrero JC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared immediate and delayed error correction during sight-word instruction with 5 students with developmental disabilities. Whole-word error correction immediately followed each error for words in the immediate condition. In the delayed condition, whole-word error correction was provided at the end of each sessi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Barbetta PM,Heward WL,Bradley DM,Miller AD

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy of an instructional procedure to teach young children with autism to evacuate settings and notify an adult during a fire alarm. A multiple baseline design across children showed that an intervention that included modeling, rehearsal, and praise was effective in teaching fire safety skills. Sa...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Garcia D,Dukes C,Brady MP,Scott J,Wilson CL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that physical inactivity is prevalent among young children. To combat this, one recommendation for caregivers is to become actively involved in their child's physical activities. However, this general recommendation does not specify how or when a parent should become involved. The purpose of the curr...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Zerger HM,Normand MP,Boga V,Patel RR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study attempted to test the reliability of a new method of recording verbal behavior in a free-play preschool setting. Six children, three normal and three speech impaired, served as subjects. Videotaped records of verbal behavior were scored by two experimentally naive observers. The results suggest that ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Nordquist VM

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two individuals with developmental disabilities participated in two leisure-item preference assessments, spaced approximately 16 months apart. Results showed (a) an overall increase in item contact across assessments for 13 participants and (b) at least some overlap across assessments in the five most highly ra...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Zhou L,Iwata BA,Goff GA,Shore BA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a sequential approach to evaluate the relative and combined effects of different types of behavioral treatments, as well as dosage of methylphenidate (MPH), on the disruptive behavior of 3 students who had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results showed that individualized behavior...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Gulley V,Northup J,Hupp S,Spera S,LeVelle J,Ridgway A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study replicated the positive effects of performance feedback on treatment integrity and extended previous work by examining reactivity using a multiple baseline design with alternating treatments for observer-present and observer-absent conditions on teachers' implementation of a classwide behavior plan. ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Codding RS,Livanis A,Pace GM,Vaca L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the extent to which discriminative stimuli (S(D)s) facilitate differential responding during multielement functional analyses. Eight individuals, all diagnosed with mental retardation and referred for assessment and treatment of self-injurious behavior (SIB) or aggression, participated. Functional analyse...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Conners J,Iwata BA,Kahng SW,Hanley GP,Worsdell AS,Thompson RH

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR), a response-independent schedule for the delivery of reinforcement, has been found to be effective in reducing behavior when the reinforcer delivered is responsible for behavioral maintenance. In this study, dense and lean schedules of response-independent attention were compared to d...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hagopian LP,Fisher WW,Legacy SM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of presession attention on the acquisition of tacts (Experiment 1) and intraverbals (Experiment 2) in children diagnosed with autism. Each participant experienced 3 conditions. In the first 2 conditions, participants experienced a 15-min interval of either presession attention (PA) or n...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Cengher M,Fienup DM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uncooperative behavior of grade-school children during dental treatment was examined. Forty children enrolled in a government dental program were observed during treatment conditions involving instructions concerning the appropriate behavior required by the dental practitioner, description of the objective procedu...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Stokes TF,Kennedy SH

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two adults with mental retardation demonstrated the recombination of within-syllable units (onsets and rimes) using a spoken-to-printed-word matching-to-sample (MTS) procedure. Further testing with 1 participant showed comprehension of the printed words. Printed-word naming was minimal before, but greater after, compr...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Saunders KJ,O'Donnell J,Vaidya M,Williams DC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The negative interactions of a midly retarded child, Dennis, were reduced in three daily recess periods, with the use of a point system. Adult monitors initiated the intervention in the morning recess; reductions achieved during adult monitoring were maintained in that recess during two subsequent conditions: peer mon...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Dougherty BS,Fowler SA,Paine SC

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate play with toys was studied in two autistic children with high occurrences of self-stimulatory behavior. Each child participated in the experimental sessions in an A-B-A design, where "A" refers to baseline sessions and "B" refers to self-stimulation suppression sessions. It was found that: (a) during the b...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Koegel RL,Firestone PB,Kramme KW,Dunlap G

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to examine the effects of training mands on the emergence of tacts with the same response forms. Results indicated that training adjective sets as mands resulted in the emergence of adjective sets as tacts under modified, but not standard, antecedent conditions. The findings suggested that the appare...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Egan CE,Barnes-Holmes D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The good behavior game (GBG) is a classwide group contingency that involves dividing the class into two teams, creating simple rules, and arranging contingencies for breaking or following those rules. Five kindergarten teachers and classrooms participated in this evaluation of the GBG. Disruptive behavior markedly dec...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Donaldson JM,Vollmer TR,Krous T,Downs S,Berard KP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy of pictorial self-management to teach daily living skills to 3 low-functioning children with autism. Stimulus and response generalization, stimulus control of self-management materials, and maintenance of behavior change were also assessed. Results showed that children with autism could su...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Pierce KL,Schreibman L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted four experiments using an alternating treatments design to assess the influence of several variables on children's acquisition of number facts during one-on-one flash card instruction. In Experiment 1, we manipulated the order of stimulus presentation; in most cases a higher percentage of correct response...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Houten RV,Rolider A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) may result in rates of reinforcement that are impractical for caregivers to implement; therefore, recent research has examined methods for thinning reinforcer delivery during DRA. In this study, reinforcer delivery was thinned during DRA by restricting access to...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Roane HS,Fisher WW,Sgro GM,Falcomata TS,Pabico RR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-home caregivers were taught to implement a prompted voiding procedure with 2 older adults with cognitive impairments and urinary incontinence. Results suggested that the procedures can be implemented by family caregivers, and the intervention reduced incontinence for both participants. ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Adkins VK,Mathews RM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study extends the literature on the assessment and treatment of rumination through the evaluation of a combined reinforcement- and punishment-based intervention. The study included a single participant with a history of rumination maintained by automatic reinforcement, as identified via a functional analys...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： DeRosa NM,Roane HS,Bishop JR,Silkowski EL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity continues to increase in the United States (Gordon-Larsen, The, & Adair, 2010). Obesity can be attributed, in part, to overconsumption of energy-dense foods. Given that overeating plays a role in the development of obesity, interventions that teach individuals to identify and consume appropri...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hausman NL,Borrero JC,Fisher A,Kahng S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A token reinforcement program involving two levels of token value and backup reinforcers to increase journal reshelving behavior in a large university library was experimentally evaluated. Results showed that instructions (in which signs asked users to reshelve journals) had no impact. By contrast, token reinforcement...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Meyers H,Nathan PE,Kopel SA

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00