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AN EVALUATION OF A BRIEF MULTIPLE‐STIMULUS PREFERENCE ASSESSMENT WITH ADOLESCENTS WITH EMOTIONAL‐BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING
Author(s) -
Paramore Nancy W.,
Higbee Thomas S.
Publication year - 2005
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.2005.76-04
Subject(s) - psychology , stimulus (psychology) , preference , multiple baseline design , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , economics , microeconomics , intervention (counseling)
Brief multiple‐stimulus‐without‐replacement (MSWO) preference assessments were conducted with 3 adolescent boys with emotional‐behavioral disorders in the context of their public school educational program. The reinforcing effects of stimuli identified as high, medium, and low preference were then evaluated using an alternating treatments design in which, following an initial baseline, stimuli were delivered contingent on on‐task behavior. High‐preference stimuli produced the highest percentages of on‐task behavior for all 3 participants.