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TEACHER‐CONDUCTED TRIAL‐BASED FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES AS THE BASIS FOR INTERVENTION
Author(s) -
Bloom Sarah E.,
Lambert Joseph M.,
Dayton Elizabeth,
Samaha Andrew L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.21
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological intervention , reinforcement , functional analysis , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , extinction (optical mineralogy) , differential reinforcement , applied behavior analysis , clinical psychology , randomized controlled trial , autism , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , surgery , biology , gene
Previous studies have focused on whether a trial‐based functional analysis (FA) yields the same outcomes as more traditional FAs, and whether interventions based on trial‐based FAs can reduce socially maintained problem behavior. We included a full range of behavior functions and taught 3 teachers to conduct a trial‐based FA with 3 boys with developmental and intellectual disabilities who engaged in problem behavior. Based on the results of the trial‐based FAs, we developed and conducted 5 function‐based interventions, using differential reinforcement of an alternative behavior and extinction in all but 1 case. In the remaining case, we used noncontingent reinforcement. All interventions led to reductions in problem behavior and increases in alternative behavior.