Preference assessment training via self-instruction: A replication and extension.

abstract：:In recent years, the search for effective and replicable approaches to planned change in communities has escalated. Applied behavior analysts have participated in these efforts to remedy existing community problems and to increase the capacities of community residents to meet their goals. Examples of behavioral techno...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fawcett SB,Mathews RM,Fletcher RK

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different ways of modifying the aide-patient relationship to promote improvement in psychiatric patients were investigated. Psychiatric aides were given information about the behavior of assigned patients, cash awards based on the improvement of assigned patients, and different kinds of supervision by the psychology s...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Pomerleau OF,Bobrove PH,Smith RH

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the impact of choice making on the serious problem behaviors of 3 students with severe autism and/or mental retardation. In the context of within-subject reversal designs, the results showed consistently reduced levels of problem behaviors (e.g., aggression) when the students were given opportuniti...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Dyer K,Dunlap G,Winterling V

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment instrument is presented for the evaluation of the quantity and quality of dyadic interaction, as well as for the daily recording of behaviors presented and omitted which influence marital satisfaction. Comparison of data from ten happy couples and from ten couples entering therapy indicated two distinct ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Williams AM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experiment evaluated the effects of training tutors to use an instructional package to teach pronunciation and translation of the Chinese language. Tutors' correct use of the package increased from 68% of trials to 92% after training, and student correct pronunciation increased from 45% to 90%, with similar effec...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Wu H,Miller LK

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：: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：:Experimental evaluations of behavioral staff management procedures usually have been limited to relatively small-scale demonstration studies. We evaluated a large-scale, long-term application of a staff management program designed to improve the functional utility of educational services for severely handicapped perso...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Parsons MB,Schepis MM,Reid DH,McCarn JE,Green CW

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We systematically manipulated two prior classroom conditions to explore their effects on performance under analogue assessments for a 7-year-old girl with severe intellectual disabilities who exhibited aggressive behavior. Results demonstrated consistently higher levels of aggression during demand analogue conditions ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： O'Reilly MF,Carey Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare two methods designed to produce tic reduction in 4 children with Tourette's syndrome. Specifically, a verbal instruction not to engage in tics was compared to a verbal instruction plus differential reinforcement of zero-rate behavior (DRO). Results showed that the DRO-enhanced ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Woods DW,Himle MB

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conventional litter receptacle (55-gallon drum) and a specially designated receptacle consisting of a 55-gallon drum adorned with a plywood "har" were alternated in two areas of a football stadium over a period of four games. A frequency count of several types of litter articles showed that more than twice as many i...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： O'Neill GW,Blanck LS,Joyner MA

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Good Behavior Game (GBG) is a well-documented group contingency designed to reduce disruptive behavior in classroom settings. However, few studies have evaluated the GBG with students who engage in severe problem behavior in alternative schools, and there are few demonstrations of training teachers in those settin...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Joslyn PR,Vollmer TR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive motion makes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) extremely challenging among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The medical risks of sedation establish the need for behavioral interventions to promote motion control among children with ASD undergoing MRI scans. We present a series of experiments aime...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Cox AD,Virues-Ortega J,Julio F,Martin TL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effectiveness of several behavioral techniques on compliance of college students taking vitamin C on q.i.d. regimen. Compliance was assessed by a new technique using a variation of the urine tracer procedure designed specifically for this study. Subjects were provided vitamin C tablets, with th...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Epstein LH,Masek BJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a prosthetic memory aid on the conversational content and social skills of dyads with dementia were evaluated. Six individuals with moderate to severe dementia served as either subject or partner in dyads during 5-min conversational probes conducted three times per week in day-care and nursing-home sett...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Bourgeois MS

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of variant versus invariant high-probability (high-p) request sequences on the performance of requests to initiate a social bid by young children with emotional-behavioral disorders. In the initial phases of the investigation, a multiple baseline design showed that the delivery of invar...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Davis CA,Reichle J

更新日期：1996-01-01 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 experiments examined the effect of work requirements in combination with reinforcement schedule on the choice behavior of adults with mental retardation and preschool children. The work requirements of age-appropriate tasks (i.e., sorting silverware, jumping hurdles, tossing beanbags) were manipulated. Par...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Cuvo AJ,Lerch LJ,Leurquin DA,Gaffaney TJ,Poppen RL

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research replicated and extended a study by Williams, Donley, and Keller (2000). In that study, children with autism received a box with an object inside and learned to ask "What's that?," "Can I see it?," and "Can I have it?" to have the name of the object, to see the object, and to get the object, respectively....

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Williams G,Pérez-González LA,Vogt K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Florida Department of Transportation used a series of changeable-message signs that functioned as freeway guide signs to divert traffic to Universal Theme Park via one of two eastbound exits based on traffic congestion at the first of the two exits. An examination of crashes along the entire route indicated a stat...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Van Houten R,Malenfant JE,Zhao N,Ko B,Van Houten J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictive biomarkers (PBioMs) are objective biological measures that predict response to medical treatments for diseases. The current study translates methods used in the field of precision medicine to identify PBioMs to identify parallel predictive behavioral markers (PBMs), defined as objective behavioral measures ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hagopian LP,Rooker GW,Yenokyan G

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:This study compared the relative efficacy of providing simultaneous or delayed reinforcement on food acceptance during meals. The participant was a 7 year-old boy with pervasive developmental disorder and a history of food selectivity. Results indicated that both procedures were effective in increasing acceptance; how...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kern L,Marder TJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:A combination of positive reinforcement and fading of physical guidance was used to teach a profoundly retarded boy specific responses to specific verbal instructions. The design consisted of a multiple baseline of probe data across different verbal instructions. The subject started responding correctly to each verbal...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Striefel S,Wetherby B

更新日期：1973-01-01 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：:Token economies are one of the most commonly used behavior-analytic interventions. Despite literature supporting the use of tokens as tools for behavior change, little is known about the efficacy of tokens compared to that of the items for which they are exchanged. Results of previous research comparing the reinforcin...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Bonfonte SA,Bourret JC,Lloveras LA

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:This discussion article considers applied behavior analysis measurement, assessment, and treatment of sleep and sleep-related problems among infants, children, and youth who are typically developing and have neurodevelopmental disabilities. Measurement has concentrated on designing practitioner-implemented methods and...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Luiselli JK

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the effects of prompts and incentives on designated drivers in a bar. We defined the dependent variable as the percentage of customers either functioning as or riding with a designated driver. We used an ABCA design to evaluate the effectiveness of prompts and incentives on the dependent va...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kazbour RR,Bailey JS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00