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A replication of the RIRD strategy to decrease vocal stereotypy in a student with autism
Author(s) -
LiuGitz Lan,
Banda Devender R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.297
Subject(s) - stereotypy , psychology , autism , reinforcement , intervention (counseling) , replication (statistics) , developmental psychology , audiology , social psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , medicine , amphetamine , virology , dopamine
Abstract This study was conducted to decrease vocal stereotypy in a student with autism. Results of functional analysis indicated that vocal stereotypy was maintained by automatic reinforcement. We used the Response Interruption and Redirection (RIRD; Ahearn, Clark, & McDonald, 2007) strategy to decrease the vocal behavior. An ABAB design was used. Results indicated that the RIRD intervention successfully reduced the target behavior. Results are discussed and implications for practice are provided. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.