ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis2016
Multiple schedules in practical application: Research trends and implications for future investigation.
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Basic and Clinical Studies in Reinforcing Positive Behaviors in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- On the Efficacy of and Preference for Signaling Extinction in a Multiple Schedule.Behavioral development bulletin · 2021Article
- An Investigation of Functional Communication Training and Schedule Thinning Using a Multiple Schedule on Elopement to Access Stereotypy.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Article
- Incorporating discriminative stimuli into functional communication training with augmentative and alternative communication devices: a tutorial.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Researchers began studying multiple schedules in basic laboratories, but recent advances have extended research on multiple schedules to a wide variety of socially significant applications, especially during the last decade. Applied researchers have used multiple schedules to (a) promote stimulus control over high-rate appropriate behaviors, (b) thin the schedule of reinforcement following functional communication training, and (c) obtain stimulus control over problem behaviors maintained by automatic reinforcement. In the current paper, we reviewed 31 studies with 147 applications identified through a search of the applied literature on multiple schedules. Using these studies, we (a) reviewed the empirical literature on multiple schedules, (b) recommended multiple-schedule procedures that serve as best practice guidelines for applied behavior analysts, (c) identified the generality and boundaries of current knowledge about the effectiveness of multiple schedules, and (d) critically analyzed the literature to provide directions for future multiple-schedule research.
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