A Systematic Examination of Different Parameters of Presession Exposure to Tangible Stimuli That Maintain Problem Behavior

Overview

Journal J Appl Behav Anal

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2011 Nov 22

PMID 22102760

Citations 6

Authors

Mark OReilly

Russell Lang

Tonya Davis

Mandy Rispoli

Wendy Machalicek

Jeff Sigafoos

Giulio Lancioni

Robert Didden

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Abstract

We examined the effects of three different presession conditions on tangibly maintained problem behavior for 2 students with autism, using individual-participant multielement designs. First, an analogue functional analysis demonstrated that problem behavior was maintained by access to tangible items. Next, topographies of item rejection were identified. Finally, students were exposed to (a) brief access, (b) no access, and (c) satiation to the tangible items prior to tangible sessions. The results demonstrated high levels of problem behavior following the brief-access and no-access presession conditions and low levels of problem behavior following the satiation condition. The findings are discussed in the context of how satiation might best be defined for these sorts of evaluations.

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