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Explaining Unintended Consequences Of Differential Reinforcement Of Alternative Behavior Procedures Using Behavioral Momentum Theory, Meghan C. Herr
Explaining Unintended Consequences Of Differential Reinforcement Of Alternative Behavior Procedures Using Behavioral Momentum Theory, Meghan C. Herr
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
Behavioral momentum theory is a model that aids in the explanation of why behaviors that undergo popular intervention procedures, such as differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) and noncontingent reinforcement (NCR), have been found to increase in persistence and become more resistant to change, even with a reduction in frequency. The present study utilized a multiple concurrent schedule with a boy with autism who was non-verbal to increase his usage of an augmentative communication device to appropriately request for attention. Using the device was reinforced both in a context associated with reinforcement for inappropriate requests as well as in a …
Feedback Delivery Timing & Behavior Skills Training: Training University Students To Perform Dtt, Matthew Taylor
Feedback Delivery Timing & Behavior Skills Training: Training University Students To Perform Dtt, Matthew Taylor
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
Behavior Skills Training (BST) has been a common, efficient, and successful training strategy for teaching individuals to perform discrete trial teaching (DTT) although there is not much established information about the separate effects of its training components. Research on modeling and feedback alone as well as within BST, however, suggest that they may be the most significant contributors towards producing behavior change along with the regular recommendation that feedback is best delivered immediately after the occurrence of target behavior for reinforcement. Yet studies that have employed feedback before the occurrence of target behavior have observed no adverse or detrimental effects …
The Effect Of In Vivo Coaching On Therapist Behavior Management Skills, Leslie E. Brittain
The Effect Of In Vivo Coaching On Therapist Behavior Management Skills, Leslie E. Brittain
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
Autism Spectrum Disorders impacts one in every 68 children, costing the United States between $11.5 billion to $60.9 billion per year. Among the multiple impairments that Autism causes, behavioral deficits are at the forefront of the disability and require intensive interventions such as applied behavior analysis (ABA) in order to manage. If a direct and intensive intervention is not put into place, problem behaviors can impact the individual both socially and academically. Behavior technicians, parents, and classroom assistants can all be trained as therapists and can provide services under supervision that provide significant gains in a client’s behavioral functioning. Therapists …