Effects of Setting Events on the Problem Behavior of Students with Severe Disabilities

Overview

Journal J Appl Behav Anal

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 1993 Jan 1

PMID 8407681

Citations 16

Authors

C H Kennedy

T Itkonen

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Abstract

Two studies analyzed the effects of preceding setting events on the problem behavior of students with severe disabilities. Using ABAB withdrawal designs, the occurrence versus nonoccurrence of preceding setting events was analyzed in relation to the frequency of problem behavior. Data were collected throughout a student's school day, with interventions focusing upon the elimination of setting events that occurred before school. The results indicate that (a) the occurrence of preceding setting events was related to higher frequencies of problem behavior and (b) interventions designed to eliminate preceding setting events were consistently associated with low frequencies of problem behavior.

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