ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis2016
A preliminary investigation on improving functional communication training by mitigating resurgence of destructive behavior.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effects of Multiple Schedules of Reinforcement on Appropriate Communication and Challenging Behaviors: A Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Pooled it
- Thinning Schedules of Reinforcement Following Functional Communication Training for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Meta-analytic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Pooled it
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Functional Communication Training via Telehealth for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Trial
- Prevalence of resurgence of destructive behavior when thinning reinforcement schedules during functional communication training.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2018Trial
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- Discriminative properties of reinforcers modulate resurgence: A human-operant demonstration.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2025Article
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- Examination of clinical variables affecting resurgence: A reanalysis of 46 applications.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- Resurgence of destructive behavior following decreases in alternative reinforcement: A prospective analysis.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- Updated Recommendations for Reinforcement Schedule Thinning following Functional Communication Training.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Review
- Relative preference for distinct reinforcers maintaining destructive behavior.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2024Article
- Resurgence Following Higher or Lower Quality Alternative Reinforcement.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2024Article
- Translational evaluation of on/off alternative reinforcement cycling.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2023Article
- Examining resurgence in rats following expanded-operant treatments.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2023Article
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Abstract
Despite the effectiveness and widespread use of functional communication training (FCT), resurgence of destructive behavior can occur if the functional communication response (FCR) contacts a challenge, such as lapses in treatment integrity. We evaluated a method to mitigate resurgence by conducting FCT using a multiple schedule of reinforcement prior to extinction. After functional analyses of 2 boys' destructive behavior and treatment with FCT (Study 1), we compared levels of resurgence during an extinction challenge either after a typical FCT sequence or after exposure to schedule thinning in the context of a multiple-schedule arrangement (Study 2). Results for both participants suggested that schedule thinning using discriminative stimuli in a multiple schedule mitigated the resurgence of destructive behavior.
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