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- Title
THE EFFECTS OF WORK-REINFORCER SCHEDULES ON PERFORMANCE AND PREFERENCE IN STUDENTS WITH AUTISM.
- Authors
Bukala, Magdalena; Hu, Meng Yao; Lee, Ronald; Ward‐Horner, John C.; Fienup, Daniel M.
- Abstract
This study investigated performance under and preference for continuous and discontinuous work-reinforcer schedules in 3 students who had been diagnosed with autism. Under continuous schedules, participants completed all work and consumed all reinforcers in contiguous units. Under discontinuous schedules, work and reinforcer access were broken up into smaller units. During the alternating-schedules phase, session duration was shorter in the continuous schedule for 2 participants. During free choice, all 3 participants preferred the continuous work schedule.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of autism; BEHAVIOR therapy; EXPERIMENTAL design; STUDENTS with disabilities; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology); WORK; INTER-observer reliability
- Publication
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015, Vol 48, Issue 1, p215
- ISSN
0021-8855
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jaba.188