An integrated model for guiding the selection of treatment components for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement

Wendy K Berg; David P Wacker; Joel E Ringdahl; Jason Stricker; Kelly Vinquist; Anuradha Salil Kumar Dutt; Danielle Dolezal; Jeffrey Luke; Lisa Kemmerer; Jayme Mews

doi:10.1002/jaba.303

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An integrated model for guiding the selection of treatment components for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement

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An integrated model for guiding the selection of treatment components for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement

Wendy K Berg, David P Wacker, Joel E Ringdahl, Jason Stricker, Kelly Vinquist, Anuradha Salil Kumar Dutt, Danielle Dolezal, Jeffrey Luke, Lisa Kemmerer and Jayme Mews

Journal of applied behavior analysis, Vol.49(3), pp.617-638

09/2016

DOI: 10.1002/jaba.303

PMCID: PMC5023446

PMID: 26990962

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Abstract

We evaluated the usefulness of 2 assessments to guide treatment selection for individuals whose prior functional analysis indicated that automatic reinforcement maintained their problem behavior. In the 1st assessment, we compared levels of problem behavior during a noncontingent play condition and an alone or ignore condition. In the 2nd, we assessed participants' relative preferences for automatic reinforcement and social reinforcers in a concurrent-operants arrangement. We used the results of these 2 assessments to assign 5 participants to a treatment based on noncontingent access to social reinforcers or to a treatment based on differential access to social reinforcers. We conducted monthly probes with the participants over 10 to 12 months to evaluate the effects of the treatment procedures. All participants showed reductions in problem behavior over this period.

Food Preferences

Humans

Token Economy

Male

Reinforcement, Social

Reinforcement Schedule

Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation

Time Factors

Extinction, Psychological

Adolescent

Intellectual Disability - psychology

Problem Behavior - psychology

Child

Behavior Therapy - methods

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Title: Subtitle: An integrated model for guiding the selection of treatment components for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement
Creators: Wendy K Berg - The University of Iowa
David P Wacker - The University of Iowa
Joel E Ringdahl - The University of Iowa
Jason Stricker - The University of Iowa
Kelly Vinquist - The University of Iowa
Anuradha Salil Kumar Dutt - The University of Iowa
Danielle Dolezal - The University of Iowa
Jeffrey Luke - The University of Iowa
Lisa Kemmerer - The University of Iowa
Jayme Mews - The University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of applied behavior analysis, Vol.49(3), pp.617-638
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.303
PMID: 26990962
PMCID: PMC5023446
NLM abbreviation: J Appl Behav Anal
ISSN: 1938-3703
eISSN: 1938-3703
Publisher: United States
Grant note: R01 HD042813 / NICHD NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 09/2016
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9983993202502771

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