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Implications for practice: Resurgence and differential reinforcement of alternative responding
Author(s) -
Bloom Sarah E.,
Lambert Joseph M.
Publication year - 2015
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.266
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , differential reinforcement , autism , differential (mechanical device) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , engineering , aerospace engineering
During the maintenance stages of differential reinforcement of alternative responding (DRA), failure to reinforce alternative responses could result in a resurgence of problem behavior. However, translational work done with arbitrary human responses suggests that teaching individuals to emit multiple alternative responses in sequential order may facilitate the resurgence of appropriate, rather than problem, behavior. This paper discusses the practical implications of serial DRA training on problem and appropriate behavior resurgence, as presented in the preceding article, “Serial Alternative Response Training As Intervention for Target Response Resurgence.” Clinical scenarios as well as implications for self‐advocacy and acceptability of behavioral interventions are considered.