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- Title
The Effects of Motor and Vocal Response Interruption and Redirection on Vocal Stereotypy and Appropriate Vocalizations.
- Authors
Shawler, Lesley A.; Miguel, Caio F.
- Abstract
Stereotypy has been defined as repetitive vocal or motor behaviors that are noncontextual with invariant topographies. One intervention to reduce vocal stereotypy and increase appropriate vocalizations is response interruption and redirection (RIRD). Previous research has suggested that RIRD's behavioral mechanism consists of punishment. The purpose of this study was to extend this research by comparing two procedures, namely, vocal and motor RIRD contingent upon the occurrence of vocal stereotypy and to evaluate concomitant increases in appropriate vocalizations. A multiple treatment reversal design was used to compare the effectiveness of both interventions on five children diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Results suggested that both demand topographies were equally effective in reducing vocal stereotypy and increasing appropriate vocalizations. This research replicates previous findings that have suggested that RIRD is a punishment procedure. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
COMPULSIVE behavior; AUTISM in children; BEHAVIOR modification; COMMUNICATION; SCIENTIFIC observation; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology); RESEARCH funding; TREATMENT effectiveness; FUNCTIONAL assessment; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 2, p112
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.1407