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Using Functional Communication Training With Extinction To Reduce Attention-Maintained Problem Behavior: A Novel Application To A Spanish-Speaking Family With English-Speaking Therapists, Roger Kyle Caldwell
Using Functional Communication Training With Extinction To Reduce Attention-Maintained Problem Behavior: A Novel Application To A Spanish-Speaking Family With English-Speaking Therapists, Roger Kyle Caldwell
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Functional communication training (FCT) is a well-established treatment for problem behavior that involves arranging extinction for undesirable responses and providing reinforcement for an appropriate communicative response. However, language barriers between the therapist and the client’s caregivers may inhibit the efficacy of this intervention and solutions to these language barriers have not been discussed in the research literature. The current study replicated functional analysis and FCT procedures with a child with autism and Down syndrome presenting with severe aggressive behavior whose parents were native Spanish speakers with limited English proficiency. We detail our process and procedural modifications made to address these …
Treatment Of Problem Behavior Multiply Maintained By Access To Tangible Items And Escape From Demands, Margaret Rachel Gifford
Treatment Of Problem Behavior Multiply Maintained By Access To Tangible Items And Escape From Demands, Margaret Rachel Gifford
Theses and Dissertations
Functional analysis is a behavioral assessment that identifies sources of operant reinforcement that maintain problem behavior. These assessments may identify single reinforcers (e.g., positive reinforcement in the form of attention) or multiple reinforcers (e.g., positive reinforcement in the form of attention and negative reinforcement in the form of escape from instructions) for the same behavior. In such cases, analysts will design interventions for each identified “function” but the sequencing of these interventions may impact their success at treating problem behavior. The current study evaluated the sequential treatment of problem behavior for a child whose functional analysis identified sensitivity to multiple …