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BRIEF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF TANTRUMS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSITIONS IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Wilder David A.,
Chen Liyu,
Atwell Julie,
Pritchard Josh,
Weinstein Phillip
Publication year - 2006
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.2006.66-04
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , notice , functional analysis , reinforcement , extinction (optical mineralogy) , clinical psychology , social psychology , political science , law , paleontology , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
A brief functional analysis was used to examine the influence of termination of prechange activities and initiation of postchange activities on tantrums exhibited by 2 preschool children. For 1 participant, tantrums were maintained by access to certain (pretransition) activities. For a 2nd participant, tantrums were maintained by avoidance of certain task initiations. Although advance notice of an upcoming transition was ineffective, differential reinforcement of other behavior plus extinction reduced tantrums for both participants.