Teaching college students to pour accurately using behavioral skills training: Evaluation of the effects of peer modeling
Excessive alcohol consumption among college students is a serious problem. Alcohol education courses, during which students are taught to free‐pour accurate servings of alcohol, have been proposed as one strategy to reduce this problem. However, few studies have evaluated the effects of peer models on free‐pour skill maintenance. We used a nonconcurrent multiple‐baseline across subjects design to assess the effects of peer modeling on maintenance of college students' (N = 19) pouring skills of a standard serving of beer immediately following Behavioral Skills Training (BST). Results indicated participants who inacc...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Molly E. Hankla, Carolynn S. Kohn, Matthew P. Normand Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
A comparison of two multicomponent treatment packages for food refusal
This study compared two multicomponent treatment packages on food and drink consumption, inappropriate mealtime behavior, and total intake in a child with food refusal. Bite and drink consumption was consistently higher; inappropriate mealtime behavior was consistently lower; and total intake was greater when differential reinforcement of alternative behavior and escape extinction treatment were implemented compared to response cost, escape extinction, and differential reinforcement of alternative behavior. (Source: Behavioral Interventions)
Source: Behavioral Interventions - November 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christina Alaimo, Laura Seiverling, Kisha Anderson, Peter Sturmey Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
Embedding a functional analysis of compliance in small group instruction
Research on adaptations to standard functional analyses for use in classroom settings has increased in recent years. However, few studies have focused on procedural variations specific to assessing noncompliance in the context of academic instruction. In the current study, we trained a special education teacher to embed a functional analysis of compliance in small group instruction. The goal of the functional analysis was to identify an effective reinforcement contingency for compliance for a second grade student with an intellectual disability. Results suggested a combined escape + tangible contingency increased complia...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - August 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Blair P. Lloyd, Emily S. Weaver, Johanna L. Staubitz Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
Function ‐based replacement behavior interventions for students with challenging behavior
Using a concurrent multiple probe design, this study investigated the effects of function‐based replacement behavior interventions on the challenging behaviors of three students with or at risk of emotional and behavioral disorders who attended a rural elementary school. For all three students, interventions were effective at decreasing the occurrence of challenging and off‐task behavior. Effects were maintained for two participants. Maintenance and generalization effects in a replication setting in which replacement behaviors were loosely trained were also documented for two participants. Furthermore, teachers rated t...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John William McKenna, Andrea Flower, Terry Falcomata, Reesha M. Adamson Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Using backward chaining and a physical guidance delay to teach self ‐feeding
In this study, we investigated the use of backward chaining to increase self‐feeding of solids of a 4‐year‐old male. (Source: Behavioral Interventions)
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emily K. Rubio, Denise Pichardo, Carrie S.W. Borrero Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
The ACHIEVE! program: A point and level system for reducing severe problem behavior
We present a program description and correlational study of a variation of a token economy. It illustrates how a school‐wide points and level system that emphasizes and reinforces demonstration of important prosocial skills, without the use of punishment, can be inversely correlated with occurrences of severe problem behavior (i.e., aggression, harmful sexual behavior, and property damage) in students with IDD attending a residential program. Directions for future research on token economies is discussed. (Source: Behavioral Interventions)
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Duncan Pritchard, Heather Penney, F. Charles Mace Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Using computer ‐assisted instruction to increase the eye gaze of children with autism
Many children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders have difficulty making appropriate eye contact and engaging in joint attention. The current study evaluated a computer‐assisted instruction package (pairing visual stimuli with vocal stimuli) as a novel treatment to improve the eye gaze accuracy in 3 elementary school children with autism. The researchers measured the latency from a recorded verbal stimulus to the students making eye contact with pictures of familiar individuals displayed on a computer screen, and the duration for which eye gaze on the stimulus was maintained. An automated infrared camera system for ...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Neal Miller, Jennifer Wyatt, Laura Baylot Casey, J. Brian Smith Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Direct assessment of quality of care in secure residential treatment facilities for criminal offenders with intellectual disabilities
Direct assessment was used to evaluate quality of care in 2 secure residential treatment facilities for criminal offenders with intellectual disabilities. This population and type of setting have not been previously studied in this context. Observations were conducted of environmental condition, resident condition, resident activity, and staff member activity at various times of day over a period of 3 weeks in Facility 1 and 2 days in Facility 2. An additional analysis was conducted to determine the optimal number of observations needed to obtain a representative sample. Results indicated high levels of quality in terms ...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: P. Raymond Joslyn, Timothy R. Vollmer, Emily N. Dickens, Stephen F. Walker Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Using intraverbal prompts to increase divergent intraverbal responses by a child with autism
We examined the effectiveness of intraverbal prompts to increase the number of divergent responses to categorical questions composed of compound stimuli (e.g., Name some red things) for a 6‐year‐old child with autism. The intraverbal prompts involved providing the function, feature, and class of the target responses. A multiple probe across behaviors design was used. Results indicated that the child's total number of divergent responses was increased and maintained during 2‐week follow‐up probe trials. Novel responses were observed across conditions. (Source: Behavioral Interventions)
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabrielle T. Lee, Wan ‐Chi Chou, Hua Feng Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
An evaluation of auditory feedback for students of dance: Effects of giving and receiving feedback
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate auditory feedback for dance students on a competition team in which one peer provided auditory feedback to another peer for a selected dance movement. Some peers switched roles during the study, and increases in their performances were evaluated both as the receiver and deliverer of auditory feedback. All participants demonstrated increases in their respective target behaviors when they received auditory feedback. Several participants also displayed increases in their movements when they provided auditory feedback to their peer partner, although these increases were not as...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mallory Quinn, Raymond Miltenberger, Takema James, Aracely Abreu Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Promoting verbal reports and action plans by staff during monthly meetings in a Japanese residential home
In conclusion, our intervention promoted effective verbal reports and action plans. Using these tools, staff in residential housing facilities may be able to improve support delivered to children in Japanese residential programs. Future research may help to verify whether similar effects can be achieved in other settings. (Source: Behavioral Interventions)
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ginga Sasaki, Fumiyuki Noro Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research
Meta ‐analysis of behavioral self‐management techniques used by students with disabilities in inclusive settings
This comprehensive review synthesizes findings from 29 studies in which students with disabilities utilized behavioral self‐management techniques in inclusive settings. Findings suggest that consistent with 2 earlier reviews of these types of studies, most behavioral self‐management techniques continue to be adaptable in inclusive settings with moderate to strong efficacy. This review identifies strengths as well common limitations of the studies, provides recommendations for future research and practice, and includes behavioral self‐management resources. (Source: Behavioral Interventions)
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dennis McDougall, Rumi C. Heine, Lori A. Wiley, Michael D. Sheehey, Keith K. Sakanashi, Bryan G. Cook, Lysandra Cook Tags: LITERATURE REVIEW Source Type: research
Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory integration therapy on challenging behavior of children with autism
The current study used an AB crossover design to directly compare the effects of sensory integration therapy (SIT) and behavioral intervention (BI) on the challenging behavior of 10 participants with autism spectrum disorder. During the intervention phase, all participants received both treatments. Follow‐up probes were conducted 1 month following intervention for 4 participants implementing the more effective intervention. The results showed that BI successfully reduced challenging behavior to low‐ or near‐zero levels. In contrast, SIT resulted in higher and more variable rates of challenging behavior. One exceptio...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Helena Lydon, Olive Healy, Ian Grey Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Serial functional communication training: Extending serial DRA to mands and problem behavior
Abstract
Functional communication training (FCT) is commonly used to eliminate problem behavior. Not surprisingly, the efficacy of the intervention depends on fidelity to programmed procedures. For instance, problem behavior is likely to resurge if caregivers fail to reinforce mands during the maintenance stages of FCT. Despite this, recent translational work on arbitrary human responses suggests that incorporating multiple‐mand instruction into a serial‐training format may increase the probability of a recency effect, and a reversion of response resurgence (both desirable outcomes when mands are the most recently rein...
Source: Behavioral Interventions - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joseph M. Lambert, Sarah E. Bloom, Andrew L. Samaha, Elizabeth Dayton Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
