An Evaluation of Resurgence During Functional Communication Training

David Wacker; Jay Harding; Theresa Morgan; Wendy Berg; Kelly Schieltz; John F Lee; Yaniz Padilla

doi:10.11133/j.tpr.2013.63.1.001

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An Evaluation of Resurgence During Functional Communication Training

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An Evaluation of Resurgence During Functional Communication Training

David Wacker, Jay Harding, Theresa Morgan, Wendy Berg, Kelly Schieltz, John F Lee and Yaniz Padilla

The Psychological Record, Vol.63(1), pp.3-20

01/2013

DOI: 10.11133/j.tpr.2013.63.1.001

PMCID: PMC8281923

PMID: 34276071

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Three children who displayed destructive behavior maintained by negative reinforcement received functional communication training (FCT). During FCT, the children were required to complete a demand and then to mand (touch a card attached to a microswitch, sign, or vocalize) to receive brief play breaks. Prior to and 1 to 3 times following the initiation of FCT, extinction probes were conducted to evaluate the resurgence of destructive behavior when the microswitch without the mand card was present or the microswitch and the mand card were absent to determine if different patterns of resurgence occurred when the microswitch was present or absent and, for 2 of the children, if changes in resurgence occurred at different points in treatment. Results showed that FCT led to relatively rapid reductions in destructive behavior. During all extinction sessions, resurgence of destructive behavior occurred with only minimal differences across the switch/no card and no-switch conditions.

Psychology

resurgence

Psychology, general

negative reinforcement

functional communication training

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Title: Subtitle: An Evaluation of Resurgence During Functional Communication Training
Creators: David Wacker - 0000 0004 1936 8294 grid.214572.7 The University of Iowa USA
Jay Harding - 0000 0004 1936 8294 grid.214572.7 The University of Iowa USA
Theresa Morgan - 0000 0004 1936 8294 grid.214572.7 The University of Iowa USA
Wendy Berg - 0000 0004 1936 8294 grid.214572.7 The University of Iowa USA
Kelly Schieltz - 0000 0004 1936 8294 grid.214572.7 The University of Iowa USA
John F Lee - 0000 0004 1936 8294 grid.214572.7 The University of Iowa USA
Yaniz Padilla - 0000 0004 1936 8294 grid.214572.7 The University of Iowa USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The Psychological Record, Vol.63(1), pp.3-20
DOI: 10.11133/j.tpr.2013.63.1.001
PMID: 34276071
PMCID: PMC8281923
NLM abbreviation: Psychol Rec
ISSN: 0033-2933
eISSN: 2163-3452
Publisher: Springer International Publishing; Cham
Language: English
Date published: 01/2013
Academic Unit: Pediatric Psychology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9983993321802771

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