Turning the table on advice programs for parents: Using placemats to enhance family interaction at restaurants.

abstract：:Fixed momentary schedules of differential reinforcement of other behavior (FM DRO) generally have been ineffective as treatment for problem behavior. Because most early research on FM DRO included presentation of a signal at the end of the DRO interval, it is unclear whether the limited effects of FM DRO were due to (...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hammond JL,Iwata BA,Fritz JN,Dempsey CM

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated a discrete-trials, operant tracking and a descending-series procedure for the determination of hearing levels with profoundly retarded individuals. These individuals were previously diagnosed as untestable. Following stimulus-control training with errorless discrimination procedures, hea...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Woolcock JE,Alferink LA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with feeding disorders may pack food when they lack the oral-motor skills, the motivation, or both to swallow. Presenting bites on the tongue with a Nuk brush, or redistribution, replacing packed food on the tongue, are two treatments whose relative efficacy is untested. In the current study, we compared the ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Milnes SM,Piazza CC,Ibañez VF,Kozisek JM

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Behavioral researchers play critical, but often unanalyzed, roles in the programs they develop. Unless they replace their key activities with standardized procedures, their continued participation may be essential to program success--a situation that is often not only impractical but may be prohibitively expensive and...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Altus DE,Welsh TM,Miller LK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competing stimulus assessments (CSAs) are designed to identify stimuli that, when made freely available, reduce problem behavior. Although CSAs have demonstrated utility, identifying competing stimuli can be difficult for some individuals. The current study describes outcomes from an augmented CSA (A-CSA) for 6 consec...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hagopian LP,Frank-Crawford MA,Javed N,Fisher AB,Dillon CM,Zarcone JR,Rooker GW

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes the results of a retrospective review of generalization in the context of social skills research with preschool children. A review of studies from 22 journals (1976 to 1990) that assessed generalization as part of social interaction research provided information concerning the prevalence of studi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Chandler LK,Lubeck RC,Fowler SA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of functional analysis (FA) methodologies allows the identification of the reinforcers that maintain problem behavior and improved intervention efficacy in the form of function-based treatments. Despite the profound impact of FA on clinical practice and research, questions still remain about the method...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Roane HS,Fisher WW,Kelley ME,Mevers JL,Bouxsein KJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-element baseline design combined with a multiple-baseline design, was used to investigate the effect of availability of materials, prizes for participation, and instruction on the leisure behavior of 14 mentally retarded women in a half-way house. A leisure program was conducted on weekday evenings, during whi...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Johnson MS,Bailey JS

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many students struggle with statistical concepts such as interaction. In an experimental group, participants took a paper-and-pencil test and then were given training to establish equivalent classes containing four different statistical interactions. All participants formed the equivalence classes and showed maintenan...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fields L,Travis R,Roy D,Yadlovker E,de Aguiar-Rocha L,Sturmey P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elopement is a dangerous behavior because children who run away may encounter life-threatening situations (e.g., traffic). We conducted functional analyses of the elopement of 3 children who had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities. The results identified a maintaining reinforcer for the elopement of 1 child...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Piazza CC,Hanley GP,Bowman LG,Ruyter JM,Lindauer SE,Saiontz DM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provided six behaviorally handicapped elementary school students with a short-term resource treatment to bring their behavior under the control of a combination of treatment procedures emphasizing self-evaluation. Once acceptable levels of appropriate behavior were maintained with only minimal external rein...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Rhode G,Morgan DP,Young KR

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavior analysts and educators often recommend using praise, particularly descriptive praise, despite mixed empirical findings to support this recommendation. We evaluated the effectiveness of praise as a reinforcer during a reinforcer assessment using known tasks with preschoolers in Experiment 1. Praise functioned ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Senn LP,Bayles MW,Bruzek JL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of a treatment package on the performance of correct relay tags with 4 inline speed skaters. The treatment package included verbal praise following correct tags, visual feedback of performance data, and instruction for improving performance. Initial gains in the frequency of correct tags we...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Anderson G,Kirkpatrick MA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research was conducted to determine the effects of a study skill training procedure on oral retelling of printed expository material read by three intermediate-grade learning disabled students. Measures of story retelling, study characteristics, and answers to comprehension questions were obtained during each ses...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Alexander DF

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major dependent variable was the rate at which first and second-grade students printed or wrote daily copying assignments. Data were also taken on the percentage of letters scored as errors according to a set of scoring criteria. Initially, these data were collected during a baseline condition in which each child ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hopkins BL,Schutte RC,Garton KL

更新日期：1971-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing access to choice-making opportunities is a useful addition to behavioral interventions, although the critical features of choice making may differ greatly across individuals. In this study, results of an initial 3-choice concurrent-operants preference assessment with 4 subjects with autism spectrum disorder ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Sellers TP,Bloom SE,Samaha AL,Dayton E,Lambert JM,Keyl-Austin AA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covariation within behavior repertoires of problem children were examined. Two boys, referred for psychological help, were observed both at school and at home for about 3 yr. A coded observation system permitted scoring of 19 child-behavior categories and six social-environment categories. After a two-month baseline, ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Wahler RG

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential reinforcement is a common treatment for escape-maintained problem behavior in which compliance is reinforced on a fixed-ratio (FR) 1 schedule with brief access to positive and/or negative reinforcement. Recent research suggests some individuals prefer to complete longer work requirements culminating in pr...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fulton CJ,Tiger JH,Meitzen HM,Effertz HM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Language training procedures, which involved positive reinforcement for verbal imitation, were applied to increase the appropriate verbal behavior of an almost non-verbal, brain damaged, 5-yr-old boy. Two experiments assessed the effectiveness of timeout from positive reinforcement as a training procedure viewed as ha...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： McReynolds LV

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a stimulus preference assessment to identify preference for praise delivered in English versus Spanish for bilingual students. Next, a concurrent-operant reinforcer assessment was used to evaluate the reinforcer efficacy of praise in each language. Participants showed limited to no preference for one lang...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Clay CJ,Bloom SE,Slocum TA,Samaha AL,Callard CH

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Originating in the mid-1960s, functional analysis (FA) has become the gold standard method for understanding the environmental variables that come to shape and maintain problematic behaviors such as aggression, self-injury, and property destruction. Over the decades, a number of studies have refined FA methods, attemp...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Saini V,Fisher WW,Retzlaff BJ,Keevy M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral assessment procedures were used to determine the maintaining conditions of self-injury exhibited by 2 children with severe multiple handicaps. For both children, negative reinforcement (escape from grooming activities) was determined to be the maintaining reinforcer for self-injury (hand/arm biting) within ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Steege MW,Wacker DP,Cigrand KC,Berg WK,Novak CG,Reimers TM,Sasso GM,DeRaad A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an analogue functional analysis contrasting motor tasks with varying types of social consequences for movements associated with tardive dyskinesia (TD) in 2 men who had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities and TD. Our findings suggest that TD-related movements were not a function of social reinf...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Valdovinos MG,Roberts C,Kennedy CH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological advances have allowed professionals to obtain extended recordings of caregiver-client interactions in natural settings, but scoring recorded video at normal speed to identify instances of low-rate problem behavior is impractical in terms of scoring time. Fast forwarding is a continuous measurement system...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Machado MA,Luczynski KC,Hood SA

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five fifth-grade students tutored five kindergarten children in basic arithmetic skills for 7.5 weeks. A control group consisted of five kindergarten children who received no tutoring and were matched with the experimental group in arithmetic ability. Pre-, mid-, and posttesting was done using a skills-based arithmeti...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Johnson M,Bailey JS

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reanalyzed published studies that reported functional analyses conducted in the presence and absence of medication. In Analysis 1, we assessed the overall effect of psychotropic medication on problem behavior. Medication had a reductive effect in 29 of the 37 sets of functional analyses reviewed. The magnitude of t...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Cox AD,Virues-Ortega J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three retarded subjects and two developmentally normal toddlers were trained using imitation and reinforcement procedures to use correct sentences. The experimental task was to use sentences with correct subject-verb agreement to describe pictures that were presented to the subjects. Two classes of sentences were taug...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lutzker JR,Sherman JA

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the effects of a lag differential reinforcement contingency on 2 students' activity selections using reversal designs. Results showed that the lag contingency was responsible for promoting increased novel selections, engagement in diverse activities, and greater progress with respect to pro...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Cammilleri AP,Hanley GP

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00