Choice-making treatment of young children's severe behavior problems

Stephanie M Peck; David P Wacker; Wendy K Berg; Linda J Cooper; Kimberly A Brown; David Richman; Jennifer J McComas; Pamela Frischmeyer; Thomas Millard

doi:10.1901/jaba.1996.29-263

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Choice-making treatment of young children's severe behavior problems

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Choice-making treatment of young children's severe behavior problems

Stephanie M Peck, David P Wacker, Wendy K Berg, Linda J Cooper, Kimberly A Brown, David Richman, Jennifer J McComas, Pamela Frischmeyer and Thomas Millard

Journal of applied behavior analysis, Vol.29(3), pp.263-290

1996

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-263

PMCID: PMC1283989

PMID: 8810061

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Abstract

The choice-making behavior of 5 young children with developmental disabilities who engaged in aberrant behavior was studied within a concurrent operants framework. Experimental analyses were conducted to identify reinforcers that maintained aberrant behavior, and functional communication training packages were implemented to teach the participants to gain reinforcement using mands. Next, a choice-making analysis, in which the participants chose one of two responses (either a mand or an alternative neutral response) to obtain different durations and qualities of reinforcement, was conducted. Finally, treatment packages involving choice making via manding were implemented to decrease inappropriate behavior and to increase mands. The results extended previous applications of choice making to severe behavior disorders and across behaviors maintained by positive and negative reinforcement.

Child Behavior Disorders - psychology

Verbal Behavior

Choice Behavior

Humans

Patient Admission

Reinforcement (Psychology)

Child, Preschool

Infant

Male

Language Development Disorders - therapy

Intellectual Disability - therapy

Child Behavior Disorders - therapy

Language Development Disorders - psychology

Female

Intellectual Disability - psychology

Behavior Therapy - methods

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Title: Subtitle: Choice-making treatment of young children's severe behavior problems
Creators: Stephanie M Peck - University of Iowa, USA. speck@soe.gonzaga.edu
David P Wacker
Wendy K Berg
Linda J Cooper
Kimberly A Brown - University of Iowa
David Richman
Jennifer J McComas
Pamela Frischmeyer
Thomas Millard
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of applied behavior analysis, Vol.29(3), pp.263-290
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-263
PMID: 8810061
PMCID: PMC1283989
ISSN: 0021-8855
eISSN: 1938-3703
Language: English
Date published: 1996
Academic Unit: Pediatric Psychology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9983993200702771

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