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THE EFFECTS OF RESPONSE EFFORT ON SAFE PERFORMANCE BY THERAPISTS AT AN AUTISM TREATMENT FACILITY
Author(s) -
Casella Sarah E.,
Wilder David A.,
Neidert Pamela,
Rey Catalina,
Compton Megan,
Chong Ivy
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.2010.43-729
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , clinical psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , developmental psychology , medicine
The effects of response effort on safe behaviors (i.e., glove wearing, hand sanitizing, and electrical outlet replacement) exhibited by therapists at an autism treatment center were examined. Participants were exposed to 2 or 3 levels of effort (i.e., high, medium, low) for each dependent variable. Results showed increased safe performance during the low‐effort conditions relative to other conditions across all dependent variables for all participants.