ArticleBehavior analysis in practice2017
Systematic Review of Functional Analysis and Treatment of Elopement (2000-2015).
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- Interventions for Transition-Related Challenging Behavior in Individuals with Disabilities: A Targeted Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of Studies Published in Behavior Analytic Journals.Behavior modification · 2026Pooled it
- A Feasibility Randomized Clinical Trial of a Structured Function-Based Intervention for Elopement in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Trial
- Longitudinal Examination of Wandering in Children and Adolescents With Autism.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Critical Incidents: Analysis of Missing Children With Reported Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- A Retrospective Consecutive Controlled Case Series Analysis of the Assessment and Treatment of Elopement in Children with Autism in an Inpatient Setting.Behavior analysis in practice · 2025Article
- Using Functional Communication and Competing Stimuli to Gradually Increase the Distance of Transitions in the Treatment of Tangibly Maintained Elopement.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Article
- 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
- Elopement Patterns and Caregiver Strategies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Behavior-Analytic Approaches to Working with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who Develop Dementia: a Review of the Literature.Behavior analysis in practice · 2019Review
- Assessing and Treating Elopement in a School Setting.Teaching exceptional children · 2018Article
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Abstract
Elopement is a dangerous behavior that is emitted by a large proportion of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Functional analysis and function-based treatments are critical in identifying maintaining reinforcers and decreasing elopement. The purpose of this review was to identify recent trends in the functional analysis and treatment of elopement, as well as determine the efficacy (standardized mean differences) of recent treatments. Over half of subjects' elopement was maintained by social positive reinforcement, while only 25% of subjects' elopement was maintained by social negative reinforcement. Elopement was rarely maintained by automatic reinforcement, and none of the studies in the current review evaluated treatments to address automatically maintained elopement. Functional communication training was the most common intervention regardless of function. Results are discussed in terms of clinical implications and directions for future research.
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