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- Title
REARRANGING NATURALLY OCCURRING CONTINGENCIES TO INCREASE DESIRABLE BEHAVIOR IN A TODDLER CLASSROOM.
- Authors
Rodriguez, Nicole M.; Thompson, Rachel H.; Haremza, Jessica L.
- Abstract
Toddlers often display problem behavior during transitions. We rearranged naturally occurring events in a toddler classroom to promote more desirable classroom behavior during transitions to meals. In the intervention condition, teachers transitioned each child to meals only when that child was seated on a play mat (a requisite for engagement in teacher-led play activities). In the reversal condition, teachers selected each child to transition when that child was by the barrier to the meal area (a practice commonly observed under natural conditions). The intervention increased the mean percentage of intervals when children were on the play mat and decreased the percentage of intervals when children were by the barrier. Individual child data show positive outcomes for five of six children. Results are discussed in terms of the positive effects of small manipulations to existing contingencies on classroom behavior as well as their potential influence on the adoptability of classroom interventions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR therapy methodology; CHILD care; SCIENTIFIC observation; HEALTH outcome assessment; TEACHERS; INTER-observer reliability; UNDERGRADUATES; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 3, p177
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.1385