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USE OF PEER‐MEDIATED INTERVENTION IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Author(s) -
GrauvogelMacAleese Alicia N.,
Wallace Michele D.
Publication year - 2010
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.2010.43-547
Subject(s) - psychology , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , intervention (counseling) , attention deficit , extinction (optical mineralogy) , reinforcement , task (project management) , differential reinforcement , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , functional analysis , typically developing , behavior change , psychiatry , autism , social psychology , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , management , gene , economics , biology
The present experiment extended and replicated the use of functional analysis and a peer‐mediated intervention to decrease disruptive behavior displayed by children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in an afterschool program. After determining that the participants displayed off‐task behavior maintained by peer attention via a functional analysis, peer‐implemented differential reinforcement of other behavior with extinction was effective in reducing participants' off‐task behaviors. The use of peers as behavior‐change agents is discussed, as are avenues for future research.