The effectiveness of a constant time-delay procedure to teach chained responses to adolescents with mental retardation.

abstract：:We investigated variables that may influence the generalization of a replacement mand in 3 young children with severe language delays. A multiple baseline design consisting of one stimulus class of manding opportunities that we arbitrarily divided into three categories (i.e., food, toys, and events) was used for each ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Drasgow E,Halle JW,Ostrosky MM

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:Reinforcement contingencies and social reinforcement are ubiquitous phenomena in applied behavior analysis. This discussion paper is divided into two sections. In the first section, reinforcement contingencies are discussed in terms of the necessary and sufficient conditions for reinforcement effects. Response-stimulu...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Vollmer TR,Hackenberg TD

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated possible factors in promoting racial integration, a matter of practical concern in schools today. Specifically, the effect of social and tangible reinforcement was studied on the social integration of five black children in a predominantly white classroom. "Sitting and seating with a new friend...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hauserman N,Walen SR,Behling M

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally agreed that serious misbehavior in children should be replaced with socially appropriate behaviors, but few guidelines exist with respect to choosing replacement behaviors. We address this issue in two experiments. In Experiment 1, we developed an assessment method for identifying situations in which b...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Carr EG,Durand VM

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a training procedure and two maintenance contingencies on consequence-dispensing behavior were investigated. Four peer behavior managers were trained to supervise small groups of subjects (four to six per group) working in programmed math materials and were compared with a teacher skilled in the use of ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Greenwood CR,Sloane HN,Baskin A

更新日期：1974-04-01 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：:Previous research has evaluated contrived motivating operations to teach mands for information. However, literature evaluating acquisition of the mand when? is comparatively limited. As an extension of Shillingsburg, Bowen, Valentino, & Pierce (2014), we taught three children with autism to engage in mands for informa...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Landa RK,Hansen B,Alice Shillingsburg M

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:Matching-to-sample procedures were used to assess picture representation skills of severely retarded, nonverbal adolescents. Identity matching within the classes of objects and life-size, full-color photos of the objects was first used to assess visual discrimination, a necessary condition for picture representation. ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Dixon LS

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated a technique for teaching self-control and increasing desirable behaviors among adults with developmental disabilities. Results showed that when participants were initially given the choice between an immediate smaller reinforcer and a larger delayed reinforcer, all participants repeatedly c...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Dixon MR,Hayes LJ,Binder LM,Manthey S,Sigman C,Zdanowski DM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of choice and no choice of reinforcer on the response rates of 3 children with autism were compared across single-operant and concurrent-schedule procedures. No consistent differences in responding between choice and no-choice components emerged during single-operant phases. During the concurrent-schedule ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Geckeler AS,Libby ME,Graff RB,Ahearn WH

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Instructive feedback (IF) is a modification to discrete trial instruction that may increase instructional efficiency for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Several variations of IF have recently been evaluated in the literature; however, few studies have assessed the effectiveness and efficiency of presenting ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Nottingham CL,Vladescu JC,DeBar RM,Deshais M,DeQuinzio J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present research and legislation regarding mainstreaming autistic children into normal classrooms have raised the importance of studying whether autistic children can benefit from observing normal peer models. The present investigation systematically assessed whether autistic children's learning of discrimination task...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Egel AL,Richman GS,Koegel RL

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated problem behavior exhibited by 6 individuals with developmental disabilities using the behavioral economic conceptualization of unit price. Descriptive observations were conducted during interactions between the participants and their primary care providers in a clinical laboratory, the participants' homes...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Borrero JC,Francisco MT,Haberlin AT,Ross NA,Sran SK

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a functional analysis of breath-holding episodes in a 7-year-old girl with severe mental retardation and Cornelia-de-Lange syndrome. The results showed that breath holding served an operant function, primarily to gain access to attention. The intervention, consisting of extinction, scheduled attention, an...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kern L,Mauk JE,Marder TJ,Mace FC

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral measures of food consumption and tasting were combined with nutrient analysis of foods served at a toddler day-care center to determine whether children at the stage of initial exposure to adult diets would accept textured vegetable protein (TVP) and nonfat dry milk as well as they ate other sources of prot...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Herbert-Jackson E,Risley TR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated one method for determining whether response suppression under noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) is a function of satiation or extinction. Three individuals with developmental disabilities who engaged in self-injurious behavior (SIB) or aggression participated. Results of functional analyses indicated that...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kahng SW,Iwata BA,Thompson RH,Hanley GP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study extends the literature on teaching mands for information by assessing whether mands generalize across different establishing operations (EOs). Three children with autism were taught to perform multiple behavior chains, 3 of which included a common response (e.g., "Where is the spoon?") used for diffe...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lechago SA,Carr JE,Grow LL,Love JR,Almason SM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental involvement in intervention can support intervention efficacy, improve generalization, and increase accessibility. The Preschool Life Skills (PLS) program is designed to teach 13 preschool life skills and prevent problem behavior. The current study explores the utility of the PLS program as delivered by paren...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Gunning C,Holloway J,Grealish L

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Previous recommendations to employ occurrence, nonoccurrence, and overall estimates of interobserver reliability for interval data are reviewed. A rationale for comparing obtained reliability to reliability that would result from a random-chance model is explained. Formulae and graphic functions are presented to allow...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hopkins BL,Hermann JA

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings from basic and applied research suggest that treatment with operant extinction may produce adverse side effects; two of these commonly noted are an increase in the frequency of the target response (extinction burst) and an increase in aggression (extinction-induced aggression). Although extinction is often us...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lerman DC,Iwata BA,Wallace MD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biomotometer, an electronic device which simultaneously measures motor activity and provides auditory feedback, was used in combination with material reinforcers in an experiment to reduce children's activity level in a classroom setting. Subjects were nine boys and two girls, aged 9--13, from a day hospital progr...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Schulman JL,Suran BG,Stevens TM,Kupst MJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many opportunities in a family's daily routine to enrich the interactions among its members. One such opportunity arises at family restaurants. Surveys of restaurant personnel and customers suggested the possibility of enriching family interactions by redesigning indigenous materials such as table placemats....

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Green RB,Hardison WL,Greene BF

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children with autism were taught abduction-prevention skills using behavioral skills training with in situ feedback. All children acquired the skills, which were maintained at a 1-month follow-up assessment. In addition, 1 of the children demonstrated the skills during a stimulus generalization probe in a commun...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Gunby KV,Carr JE,Leblanc LA

更新日期：2010-03-01 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