Sustaining Behavior Reduction by Transitioning the Topography of the Functional Communication Response

Overview

Journal J Appl Behav Anal

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2021 Mar 13

PMID 33713450

Citations 4

Authors

Kayla R Randall

Brian D Greer

Sean W Smith

Ryan T Kimball

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Abstract

When a functional communication response (FCR) can be reliably occasioned, destructive behavior tends to be lower. However, the form of FCR may affect the durability of functional communication training, as missing FCR materials may promote resurgence. Experiment 1 demonstrated that resurgence of target responding was lower when a vocal FCR remained available but was placed on extinction compared to when a card-based FCR was unavailable. Experiment 2 replicated the finding that initiating treatment with a card FCR produced less target responding than when initiating treatment with a vocal FCR. We then evaluated a set of procedures for transitioning the card FCR to the previously unlearned vocal FCR. These findings suggest benefits of training different types of FCRs at different stages of treatment and provide a preliminary set of procedures for transitioning between FCR topographies while occasioning minimal target responding.

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