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USING PRETREATMENT AND POSTTREATMENT ASSESSMENTS TO ENHANCE AND EVALUATE EXISTING TREATMENT PACKAGES
Author(s) -
Richman David M.,
Berg Wendy K.,
Wacker David P.,
Stephens Tracy,
Rankin Barbara,
Kilroy Jennette
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.1997.30-709
Subject(s) - reinforcement , aggression , punishment (psychology) , psychology , differential reinforcement , component (thermodynamics) , task (project management) , token economy , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , physics , management , economics , thermodynamics
Pretreatment assessment data were used to enhance an existing treatment package to reduce aggression and to increase positive social interactions between a young boy and his peers. Based on the results of pretreatment assessments, additional reinforcement (differential reinforcement of alternative behavior with adult attention) and punishment (performing a nonpreferred task during time‐out) components were added to an existing nonresetting differential reinforcement of other behavior (access to peers unless aggression occurred) plus time‐out procedure. A posttreatment component analysis of the additional treatment components indicated that the reinforcement component facilitated positive social interactions and the punishment component suppressed aggression towards peers.