We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Clinical applications of a brief experimental analysis for problem behavior: Analysis of treatment effects and durability.
- Authors
Schmidt, Jonathan D.; Goetzel, Amanda L.; Rooker, Griffin; Falligant, John Michael; Beard, Lisa
- Abstract
The brief experimental analysis (BEA) is an empirical method for comparing multiple academic interventions in a short amount of time and predicting intervention effects in subsequent extended evaluations. This study extended the BEA literature by evaluating its utility for identifying effective interventions for decreasing problem behavior and increasing compliance for two individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability who engaged in escape-maintained problem behavior. Across individuals, four treatment arrangements were compared to a baseline-control condition: noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) with food, NCR with toys, differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) with food, and DRO with toys. Using an alternating treatment embedded within a withdrawal design, conditions from the BEA associated with the lowest rates of problem behavior and the highest rates of adaptive behavior (i.e., compliance) were further evaluated during schedule thinning. For both individuals, the two most effective interventions from the BEA maintained effects during extended application and schedule thinning. These findings extend the utility of the BEA to identify durable interventions for decreasing problem behavior and increasing adaptive behavior.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR; SELF-injurious behavior; INTER-observer reliability; AUTISM; PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities; MENTAL illness
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 2, p342
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.1767