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DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT WITH AND WITHOUT BLOCKING AS TREATMENT FOR ELOPEMENT
Author(s) -
Call Nathan A.,
Pabico Ryan S.,
Findley Addie J.,
Valentino Amber L.
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.44-903
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , blocking (statistics) , differential reinforcement , autism , differential (mechanical device) , neuroscience , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , computer science , computer network , engineering , aerospace engineering
Blocking is a frequent component of treatments for elopement. Unfortunately, blocking may not always be feasible because elopement often occurs when supervision is low or the behavior cannot be prevented. The present study evaluated the use of blocking in the treatment of elopement by using differential reinforcement of other behavior with and without blocking. In this case, results suggested that blocking may be an essential component for differential reinforcement—based treatments of elopement.