abstract：:We examined the effects of a self-instructional and feedback package on participants' implementation of a paired-stimulus preference assessment. Specifically, in Experiment 1, we used a multiple baseline design across participants to replicate and extend the results of Graff and Karsten (2012) by evaluating the effect...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Shapiro M,Kazemi E,Pogosjana M,Rios D,Mendoza M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although decades of research on functional analysis methodology have identified common contingencies that maintain problem behavior and effective interventions, relatively little research has been conducted on strategies to prevent the initial development of problem behavior. We conducted a 2-part case study, the purp...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fahmie TA,Iwata BA,Mead SC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether a group contingency increased engagement during elementary school physical education sessions. The intervention employed procedures (explicit instruction, goal setting, and reinforcement) drawn from the first tier of classwide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT; Wills et al., 2009). Result...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Hirsch SE,Healy S,Judge JP,Lloyd JW

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrete-trial instruction (DTI) is a behavioral method of teaching young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that has received a significant amount of research support. Because of a lack of qualified trainers in many areas of the world, researchers have recently begun to investigate alternative methods of t...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Higbee TS,Aporta AP,Resende A,Nogueira M,Goyos C,Pollard JS

更新日期：2016-12-01 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 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：:We examined the effects of delayed reinforcement on the responding of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Three conditions were evaluated: (a) food reinforcement, (b) token reinforcement with a postsession exchange opportunity, and (c) token reinforcement with a posttrial exchange opportunity. Within each cond...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Leon Y,Borrero JC,DeLeon IG

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This secondary data analysis examined effects of an abstinence contingency on participation in a therapeutic workplace. Participants exposed to a pay reset after drug use did not differ in overall attendance from participants who were not exposed to a pay reset after drug use; however, they initially worked less after...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Holtyn AF,Silverman K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have shown that both differential reinforcement and response cost within token economies are similarly effective for changing the behavior of individuals in a group context (e.g., Donaldson, DeLeon, Fisher, & Kahng, 2014; Iwata & Bailey, 1974). In addition, these researchers have empirically evaluated pref...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Jowett Hirst ES,Dozier CL,Payne SW

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:This study evaluated the effectiveness of simplified habit reversal in reducing filled pauses that occur during public speaking. Filled pauses consist of "uh," "um," or "er"; clicking sounds; and misuse of the word "like." After baseline, participants received habit reversal training that consisted of awareness traini...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Mancuso C,Miltenberger RG

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pouched rats were employed as mine-detection animals in a quality-control application where they searched for mines in areas previously processed by a mechanical tiller. The rats located 58 mines and fragments in this 28,050-m(2) area with a false indication rate of 0.4 responses per 100 m(2) . Humans with metal detec...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Edwards TL,Cox C,Weetjens B,Tewelde T,Poling A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some individuals with developmental disabilities engage in problem behavior to escape or avoid auditory stimuli. In this study, a 6-year-old boy with autism engaged in severe aggression in the presence of specific sounds. Following an assessment based on the procedures described by McCord, Iwata, Galensky, Ellingson, ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Dupuis DL,Lerman DC,Tsami L,Shireman ML

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This brief review describes research on rumination treatment that emphasizes functional analysis, recent intervention methods (supplemental feeding, fixed-time stimulus presentation, continuous access to preferred stimulation), clinical implications, and procedural recommendations. ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Luiselli JK

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with developmental disabilities may engage in less frequent and more repetitious language than peers with typical development. Scripts have been used to increase communication by teaching one or more specific statements and then fading the scripts. In the current study, preschoolers with developmental disabil...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Groskreutz MP,Peters A,Groskreutz NC,Higbee TS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of previous research have shown that individuals with intellectual disabilities usually prefer edible items over leisure items. Other research has shown that sensory (leisure) items facilitate response acquisition and maintenance better than edible items do for individuals with autism. The current studies exam...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Fahmie TA,Iwata BA,Jann KE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the influence of derived rules on roulette betting. Twelve college students selected between red and black bets on a roulette wheel in a pretest, then participated in a relational training procedure that established functions of more than for the color bet least often and less than for the color bet more f...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Whiting SW,Dixon MR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each day, people encounter stimuli they find unpleasant. Some children with autism may require systematic instruction to acquire the communication skills necessary to request the termination of such aversive stimuli. We taught 2 school-aged boys with autism a mand (e.g., signing "stop") that could be used to escape a ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Groskreutz NC,Groskreutz MP,Bloom SE,Slocum TA

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:The preschool life skills (PLS) program (Hanley, Heal, Tiger, & Ingvarsson, 2007; Luczynski & Hanley, 2013) involves teaching social skills as a means of decreasing and preventing problem behavior. However, achieving durable outcomes as children transition across educational settings depend on the generalization and l...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Luczynski KC,Hanley GP,Rodriguez NM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simulation study was conducted to provide a more thorough account of measurement error associated with interval sampling methods. A computer program simulated the application of momentary time sampling, partial-interval recording, and whole-interval recording methods on target events randomly distributed across an o...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Wirth O,Slaven J,Taylor MA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent literature reviews have highlighted the need to better understand the relation between speaker and listener behavior when teaching learners with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The current study used a modified parallel-treatments design to compare directly the degree to which tact and listener behavior emerge...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Delfs CH,Conine DE,Frampton SE,Shillingsburg MA,Robinson HC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a modified technique for teaching self-control and increasing the duration of waiting for access to a preferred item among 3 children with autism. Participants initially chose an immediate small reinforcer over a delayed large reinforcer and a delayed large reinforcer with a concurrent activity requiremen...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Gokey KM,Wilder DA,Welch T,Collier A,Mathisen D

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the link between inactivity and premature mortality, most adults exercise less than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008) recommends; thus, interventions to increase exercise are needed. The present study employed an Internet-based intervention to increase walking in 12 sedentary adults over 50...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kurti AN,Dallery J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of tact training on the emergence of categorization and listener behavior using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across 2 children with autism. Participants learned to tact the category name of 9 pictures that belonged to 3 different categories. We assessed whether participants accurat...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Miguel CF,Kobari-Wright VV

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:The purpose of the current investigation was to identify an appropriate texture for initial treatment of 1 child's feeding problem. Variability in mouth clean (a product measure of swallowing) during a texture assessment suggested that individual pureed foods differentially affected feeding behavior. A single-food ass...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Kadey H,Piazza CC,Rivas KM,Zeleny J

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:In this essay, we note that although Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982) established the standard framework for conducting functional analyses of problem behavior, the term functional analysis was probably first used in behavior analysis by B. F. Skinner in 1948. We also remind readers that a functional ...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Schlinger HD Jr,Normand MP

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although typical functional analyses often produce clear outcomes, some studies have reported ambiguous results that cannot be interpreted. Such undifferentiated outcomes may occur if test conditions do not include relevant antecedent or consequent events. Clinicians then may try to modify the functional analysis cond...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Schlichenmeyer KJ,Roscoe EM,Rooker GW,Wheeler EE,Dube WV

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Problem behavior is common in early childhood special education classrooms. Functional communication training (FCT; Carr & Durand, 1985) may reduce problem behavior but requires identification of its function. The trial-based functional analysis (FA) is a method that can be used to identify problem behavior function i...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lambert JM,Bloom SE,Irvin J

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:The purpose of the current study was to examine the degree to which instruction based on stimulus equivalence procedures could be used to teach single-subject design methodology to graduate-level professionals through a Web-based course management system known as Blackboard (see http://www.blackboard.com). Specificall...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Walker BD,Rehfeldt RA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) plus prompting to increase peer-directed mands for preferred items using a picture exchange communication system (PECS). Two nonvocal individuals with autism participated. Independent mands with a peer increased with the implementation of DRA plus p...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Paden AR,Kodak T,Fisher WW,Gawley-Bullington EM,Bouxsein KJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research suggests that inexperienced individuals cannot accurately implement stimulus preference assessments given written instructions alone. Training that includes written instructions supplemented with feedback from a professional with expertise in conducting preference assessments has proven effective; unfortunate...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Graff RB,Karsten AM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the effects of a contingency management (CM) intervention for alcohol consumption in 10 alcohol-dependent participants. An ABCA design was used. Vouchers were provided contingent on results of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) urine tests (an alcohol biomarker with a 2-day detection period) and alcohol breat...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： McDonell MG,Howell DN,McPherson S,Cameron JM,Srebnik D,Roll JM,Ries RK

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:We examined the effects of several variations in response rate on the calculation of total, interval, exact-agreement, and proportional reliability indices. Trained observers recorded computer-generated data that appeared on a computer screen. In Study 1, target responses occurred at low, moderate, and high rates duri...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Rolider NU,Iwata BA,Bullock CE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a modified paired-choice preference assessment and used a multielement design to examine the effects of noncontingent access to high- and low-preference music on vocal stereotypy exhibited by children with autism. For 3 of the 4 participants, high-preference music (a) produced lower levels of vocal stereo...

journal_title：Journal of applied behavior analysis

authors： Lanovaz MJ,Rapp JT,Ferguson S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00