Angie Van Arsdale, Vivian F. Ibañez, Timothy R. Vollmer
{"title":"Noncontingent reinforcement in the treatment of pediatric feeding disorder: A concise review","authors":"Angie Van Arsdale, Vivian F. Ibañez, Timothy R. Vollmer","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1073","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1073","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This concise review summarizes the literature on noncontingent reinforcement in the treatment of pediatric feeding disorder from 2018 to 2022. We reviewed 15 published behavior-analytic feeding studies to identify how often the term noncontingent reinforcement is used, what form of noncontingent reinforcement is delivered, and what the effects of noncontingent reinforcement are on behavior when it is included in treatment. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 3","pages":"798-802"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140583272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael A. Aragon, Nicole M. Rodriguez, Kevin C. Luczynski, Ciobha A. McKeown
{"title":"Facilitating the emergence of intraverbal tacts by autistic children via joint control","authors":"Michael A. Aragon, Nicole M. Rodriguez, Kevin C. Luczynski, Ciobha A. McKeown","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1072","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1072","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rodriguez et al. (2022) discovered that teaching four component skills was sufficient to facilitate the emergence of intraverbal tacts across four applications with three participants. Our study replicated and evaluated an extension of this procedure that was directed at facilitating intraverbal tacts when a child learns the component skills but continues to fail to produce intraverbal tacts. The extension consisted of procedures to enhance the divergent control exerted by the auditory stimulus (i.e., the question) and the discriminability of joint control. Intraverbal tacts emerged for all three participants after undergoing the extension procedures. These results are discussed in the context of a conceptual analysis of intraverbal tacts and the potential role of joint control.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 3","pages":"784-797"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaba.1072","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140184542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erin L. Sainsbury, Tina M. Sidener, Catherine Taylor-Santa, Kenneth F. Reeve, David W. Sidener
{"title":"Evaluation of a discrimination training procedure for establishing praise as a reinforcer","authors":"Erin L. Sainsbury, Tina M. Sidener, Catherine Taylor-Santa, Kenneth F. Reeve, David W. Sidener","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1071","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1071","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We evaluated the effects of a discrimination training procedure for establishing praise as a reinforcer for three children with autism spectrum disorder. After establishing two praise words as discriminative stimuli and two nonsense words as S-deltas, we evaluated whether the stimuli then functioned as reinforcers by presenting each stimulus as a consequence for a new response. The results demonstrated that previously neutral praise words functioned as reinforcers and nonsense words did not. As in previous studies on establishing reinforcers, the effects were transitory, and praise words did not continue to function as reinforcers after repeated exposure without discrimination training. Recommendations are provided for future research and maintaining reinforcement effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 3","pages":"776-783"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “The Performance Diagnostic Checklist–Human Services (1.1): An initial assessment of validity and reliability”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1070","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 <span>Jimenez, S.</span>, <span>Wilder, D. A.</span>, <span>Brand, D.</span>, <span>Carr, J. E.</span>, <span>Sellers, T. P.</span>, & <span>Mason, M. A.</span> (<span>2023</span>). <span>The Performance Diagnostic Checklist–Human Services (1.1): An initial assessment of validity and reliability</span>. <i>Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis</i>, <span>56</span>(<span>4</span>), <span>884</span>–<span>897</span>. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.1017\u0000 </p><p>The <i>Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services</i> (1.1) (Appendix A) contains a minor error. An item scored as NO on the PDC-HS is suggestive of a potential problem and, thus, indicates an opportunity for a specific intervention to improve staff performance. However, item 3 in the Resources, Materials, and Processes section was worded such that an answer of YES (instead of NO) was suggestive of a potential problem. This item has been corrected in the assessment (see Supporting Information) such that all PDC-HS (1.1) items are aligned, with answers of NO being suggestive of a potential problem.</p><p>We apologize for the error.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 3","pages":"803"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaba.1070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica L. Paranczak, Joseph M. Lambert, Jennifer R. Ledford, Bailey A. Copeland, M. Janey Macdonald
{"title":"Deriving relations at multiple levels of complexity following minimal instruction: A demonstration","authors":"Jessica L. Paranczak, Joseph M. Lambert, Jennifer R. Ledford, Bailey A. Copeland, M. Janey Macdonald","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1067","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recommendations for achieving generalized instructional outcomes often overlook the capacity for generative learning for most verbally competent humans. Four children (ages 5–8) participated in this project. In Study 1, we provided decontextualized discrete trial teaching to establish arbitrary relations between colors, pictures of characters, and researcher motor actions. All participants engaged in derivative responding, providing evidence of relational framing. Subsequently, we demonstrated that, with no additional instruction, these derivatives contributed to effective action within a socially valid context (i.e., Candyland gameplay). Study 2 extended the demonstration by teaching frames of opposition. Following teaching, all participants engaged in novel and contextually appropriate responding that entailed the derivation of both coordination and opposition between untrained stimuli. This outcome demonstrates how teaching simple relations can result in learning that manifests at higher levels of complexity (i.e., relational networking), providing some evidence that there can be socially valid benefits to decontextualized discrete trial instruction.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 2","pages":"408-425"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaba.1067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140021787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Colin Muething, Carolyn M. Ritchey, Nathan A. Call, Alexandra M. Hardee, Courtney R. Mauzy IV, Tracy Argueta, Meara X. H. McMahon, Christopher A. Podlesnik
{"title":"A retrospective analysis of the relation between resurgence and renewal of behavior targeted for reduction","authors":"Colin Muething, Carolyn M. Ritchey, Nathan A. Call, Alexandra M. Hardee, Courtney R. Mauzy IV, Tracy Argueta, Meara X. H. McMahon, Christopher A. Podlesnik","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1069","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1069","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Functional communication training (FCT) is an evidence-based treatment for behavior targeted for reduction that often combines extinction for target responses and arranges functionally equivalent reinforcement for alternative behavior. Long-term effectiveness of FCT can become compromised when transitioning from clinic to nonclinic contexts or thinning reinforcement schedules for appropriate behavior. Such increases in targeted behavior have been conceptualized as renewal and resurgence, respectively. The relation between resurgence and renewal has yet to be reported. Therefore, the present report retrospectively analyzed the relation between renewal and resurgence in data collected when implementing FCT with children diagnosed with developmental disabilities. We found no relation when evaluating all 34 individuals assessed for resurgence and renewal or a subset of individuals exhibiting both resurgence and renewal. These findings suggest that one form of relapse may not be predictive of another form of relapse.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 2","pages":"455-462"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140028052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathalie Fernandez, Michelle A. Frank-Crawford, Courtney Hanlin, Ryan Benson, John M. Falligant, Iser G. DeLeon
{"title":"Examining patterns suggestive of acquisition during functional analyses: A consecutive controlled series of 116 cases","authors":"Nathalie Fernandez, Michelle A. Frank-Crawford, Courtney Hanlin, Ryan Benson, John M. Falligant, Iser G. DeLeon","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1068","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The functional analysis approach described by Iwata et al. (1982/1994) has been used widely to determine the variables evoking and maintaining challenging behavior. However, one potential concern with conducting functional analyses is that repeated exposure to contingencies may induce a novel functional relation. To examine the likelihood of these potential iatrogenic effects, we evaluated social test conditions of the functional analysis for 116 participants and searched for patterns of responding indicative of acquisition. Patterns suggestive of acquisition occurred in 13.70% of tangible reinforcement conditions; however, the prevalence was only slightly lower in the attention condition (8.75%). Much lower prevalence was observed for the escape condition (2.13%). When grouped by quotient score, a pattern of acquisition was just as likely to be observed in the attention condition as in the tangible condition. Additionally, patterns indicative of acquisition were no more likely to be observed with participants who emitted automatically reinforced challenging behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 2","pages":"426-443"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140028053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Milad Najafichaghabouri, P. Raymond Joslyn, Emma Preston
{"title":"Idiosyncratic effects of interviewer behavior on the accuracy of children's responses","authors":"Milad Najafichaghabouri, P. Raymond Joslyn, Emma Preston","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1065","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1065","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children are interviewed to provide information about past events in various contexts (e.g., police interviews, court proceedings, therapeutic interviews). During an interview, various factors may influence the accuracy of children's responses to questions about recent events. However, behavioral research in this area is limited. Sparling et al. (2011) showed that children frequently provided inaccurate responses to questions about video clips they just watched depending on the antecedents (i.e., the way a question was asked) and consequences (i.e., the response of the interviewer to their answers). In the current study, we replicated and extended the procedures reported by Sparling et al. and found that two of five children were sensitive to the various antecedents and consequences that we manipulated. Our findings indicate a need for more research in this area to determine the relevant environmental variables that affect children's response accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 2","pages":"463-472"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139971862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grace E. Bartle, J. Turner B. Braren, Florence D. DiGennaro Reed
{"title":"Review of The Supervisor's Guidebook: Evidence-Based Strategies for Promoting Work Quality and Enjoyment Among Human Service Staff (2nd edition) by Dennis Reid, Marsha Parsons, and Carolyn Green","authors":"Grace E. Bartle, J. Turner B. Braren, Florence D. DiGennaro Reed","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1066","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article summarizes a review of the book <i>The Supervisor's Guidebook: Evidence-Based Strategies for Promoting Work Quality and Enjoyment Among Human Service Staff</i> (2nd edition) by Reid, Parsons, and Green. We describe the book's organization and content. In addition, strengths and areas for improvement are noted. The book provides rich, relevant content to guide supervisory practices within a participative, evidence-based approach that could be applied in various human service settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 2","pages":"521-528"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139951339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kimberly N. Sloman, Mariana Torres-Viso, Matthew L. Edelstein, Rebecca K. Schulman
{"title":"The role of task preference in the effectiveness of response interruption and redirection","authors":"Kimberly N. Sloman, Mariana Torres-Viso, Matthew L. Edelstein, Rebecca K. Schulman","doi":"10.1002/jaba.1064","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jaba.1064","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Response interruption and redirection (RIRD) is a common treatment for automatically reinforced vocal stereotypy; it involves the contingent presentation of task instructions. Tasks that are included in RIRD are typically selected based on caregiver report, which may affect the efficacy of RIRD. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the role of task preference in the efficacy of RIRD for four participants who engaged in vocal stereotypy. We conducted task-preference assessments and selected tasks of varying preferences to include in RIRD. For three out of four participants, the results showed that RIRD with higher preference tasks was not effective at reducing vocal stereotypy, whereas RIRD with lower preference tasks was effective for all participants.</p>","PeriodicalId":14983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of applied behavior analysis","volume":"57 2","pages":"444-454"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139912582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}