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EFFECTS OF CHOOSING ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS ON A STUDENT WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Author(s) -
Powell Shawn,
Nelson Brett
Publication year - 1997
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-181
Subject(s) - psychology , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , attention deficit , conduct disorder , developmental psychology , clinical psychology
The effects of choosing academic assignments on the undesirable behaviors manifested by a second‐grade student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were analyzed. This study extended Dunlap et al.'s (1994) research on choice making as a form of antecedent control. A reversal design showed that undesirable behaviors decreased when the student was given a choice of academic assignments.

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