ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis2018
Evaluating competing activities to enhance functional communication training during reinforcement schedule thinning.
Article in Journal of applied behavior analysis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05790668 (Motivational Refinements for Facilitating Reinforcement Schedule Thinning), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Motivational Refinements for Facilitating Reinforcement Schedule Thinning
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- On the prevalence and magnitude of resurgence during delay-and-denial tolerance teaching.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Multiple Schedules of Reinforcement on Appropriate Communication and Challenging Behaviors: A Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of Functional Communication Training for Young Children with ASD and Challenging Behavior in Natural Settings.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Understanding and Reacting to Relapse: Considerations for Practitioners.Behavior analysis in practice · 2025Review
- Updated Recommendations for Reinforcement Schedule Thinning following Functional Communication Training.Behavior analysis in practice · 2024Review
- Multiple Schedules Facilitate Rapid Noncontingent Reinforcement Schedule Thinning.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Article
- Using Functional Communication Training to Reduce Self-Injurious Behavior for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Incorporating discriminative stimuli into functional communication training with augmentative and alternative communication devices: a tutorial.Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · 2020Article
- A clinical evaluation and validation of a competing stimulus assessment targeting excessive functional communication responses.Journal of applied behavior analysisArticle
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Abstract
Arranging periods in which requests for reinforcement are denied in a multiple schedule may result in increased destructive behavior during these periods for individuals who receive functional communication training (FCT) as treatment for severe destructive behavior. Providing access to competing activities during periods of reinforcer unavailability has been shown to minimize destructive behavior. We evaluated methods to identify effective competing activities for use when thinning reinforcement availability in a multiple schedule and compared competing activities embedded within the multiple schedule using an alternating-treatments design. Results suggested at least one competing activity facilitated favorable treatment outcomes for each participant. We discuss building on this empirical approach to identify effective competing activities for use during reinforcement schedule thinning.
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