UTILITY OF EXTINCTION-INDUCED RESPONSE VARIABILITY FOR THE SELECTION OF MANDS

Functional communication training (FCT; Carr & Durand, 1985) is a commonly used differential reinforcement procedure for replacing problem behavior with socially acceptable alternative responses. Most studies in the FCT literature consist of demonstrations of the maintenance of responding when v...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 2008, Vol.41 (1), p.15-24
Main Authors: Grow, Laura L., Kelley, Michael E., Roane, Henry S., Shillingsburg, M. Alice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Aggression
Aggression - psychology
Autism
Autistic Disorder - diagnosis
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Autistic Disorder - therapy
Behavior
Behavior Modification
Behavior Problems
Behavior Therapy - methods
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Caregivers
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - therapy
Child clinical studies
Clinical outcomes
Communication
Communication Disorders - therapy
Contingencies
Developmental disorders
extinction
Extinction, Psychological
Feedback (Response)
functional analysis
Functional Behavioral Assessment
functional communication training
Gestures
Humans
Infantile autism
Language Development Disorders - therapy
Male
manding
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reinforcement
Reinforcement Schedule
Reinforcement schedules
Socialization
Studies
Teenagers
Therapists
Treatments
Verbal Behavior
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Summary:Functional communication training (FCT; Carr & Durand, 1985) is a commonly used differential reinforcement procedure for replacing problem behavior with socially acceptable alternative responses. Most studies in the FCT literature consist of demonstrations of the maintenance of responding when various treatment components (e.g., extinction, punishment) are present and absent (e.g., Fisher et al., 1993; Wacker et al., 1990). Relatively little research on FCT has (a) evaluated the conditions under which alternative responses are acquired or (b) described procedures with technological precision. Thus, additional research on a cogent technology for response acquisition appears to be warranted. In the current study, we evaluated the efficacy of exposing problem behavior to extinction for inducing response variability as a tool for selecting an alternative response during FCT. Once participants engaged in appropriate alternative responses, the reinforcer identified in the functional analysis as maintaining problem behavior was delivered contingent on the alternative behavior. Results showed that exposing problem behavior to extinction was a useful method for producing alternative behaviors during FCT.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.2008.41-15