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Further evaluation of differential exposure to establishing operations during functional communication training
Author(s) -
Fisher Wayne W.,
Greer Brian D.,
Mitteer Daniel R.,
Fuhrman Ashley M.,
Romani Patrick W.,
Zangrillo Amanda N.
Publication year - 2018
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.451
Subject(s) - psychology , training (meteorology) , differential (mechanical device) , functional analysis , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , biology , biochemistry , physics , meteorology , engineering , gene , aerospace engineering
Recent research findings (DeRosa, Fisher, & Steege, [DeRosa, N. M., 2015]) suggest that minimizing exposure to the establishing operation (EO) for destructive behavior when differential reinforcement interventions like functional communication training (FCT) are introduced may produce more immediate reductions in destructive behavior and prevent or mitigate extinction bursts. We directly tested this hypothesis by introducing FCT with extinction in two conditions, one with limited exposure to the EO (limited EO) and one with more extended exposure to the EO (extended EO) using a combined reversal and multielement design. Results showed that the limited‐EO condition rapidly reduced destructive behavior to low levels during every application, whereas the extended‐EO condition produced an extinction burst in five of six applications. We discuss these findings in relation to the effects of EO exposure on the beneficial and untoward effects of differential reinforcement interventions.