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A Behavioral Economic Approach to Improving Communication Variability and Treatment Efficacy
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating functional communication training for Problem Behavior. Completed, enrolled 9 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This project examines mechanisms to address two significant challenges present in communication-based behavioral interventions for individuals with autism and comorbid severe destructive behavior (SDB): (a) inflexible communication responding and (b) reemergence of severe destructive behavior when challenges to treatment integrity occur. Achieving the proposed aims will advance clinical practice related to the treatment of SDB and generalization of treatment effects to mitigate against the resurgence of SDB
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
During functional communication training, signaled intervals of reinforcement (i.e., the functional reinforcer is available contingent on communication) and extinction (i.e., the functional reinforcer is unavailable and thus both problem behavior and communication are on extinction) will be alternated within a single session. All communication responses will be reinforced every time they occur during the signaled reinforcement intervals.