scholarly journals Reinforcement Schedule Thinning Following Functional Communication Training: Review and Recommendations

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis P. Hagopian ◽  
Eric W. Boelter ◽  
David P. Jarmolowicz
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Schedule ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedule Thinning

scholarly journals REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE THINNING FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING

2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory P. Hanley ◽  
Brian A. Iwata ◽  
Rachel H. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Schedule ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedule Thinning

scholarly journals Functional communication training during reinforcement schedule thinning: An analysis of 25 applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Greer ◽  
Wayne W. Fisher ◽  
Valdeep Saini ◽  
Todd M. Owen ◽  
Jamie K. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Schedule ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedule Thinning

scholarly journals Evaluating competing activities to enhance functional communication training during reinforcement schedule thinning

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 931-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Fuhrman ◽  
Brian D. Greer ◽  
Amanda N. Zangrillo ◽  
Wayne W. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Schedule ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedule Thinning

A COMPONENT ANALYSIS OF SCHEDULE THINNING DURING FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. Betz ◽  
Wayne W. Fisher ◽  
Henry S. Roane ◽  
Joslyn C. Mintz ◽  
Todd M. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedule Thinning

Schedule Thinning Following Functional Communication Training: Effects of Chained and Multiple Schedules

2021 ◽  
pp. 014544552110360
Author(s):  
Nadrat N. Nuhu ◽  
Sacha T. Pence
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Multiple Schedule ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Chained Schedule ◽  
Multiple Schedules ◽  
Communicative Responses ◽  
Schedule Thinning ◽  
Environment Experiment

Functional communication training (FCT) is used to reduce rates of problem behavior by teaching communicative responses that access functionally equivalent reinforcers. During FCT, the communicative response is typically placed on a dense schedule of reinforcement that is unlikely to be maintained in the natural environment. Experiment 1 evaluated the effects of two schedule-thinning procedures (chained schedules and multiple schedules) on problem behavior maintained by escape from demands for three participants following FCT. The chained and multiple-schedule procedures were effective in reducing rates of problem behavior. Compliance increased under both schedules, but the chained schedule resulted in higher levels of compliance with two participants. In Experiment 2, participants’ preference for the chained or multiple-schedule procedure was evaluated using a modified concurrent-chain procedure. One participant preferred the chained schedule. One participant preferred the multiple schedule. One participant did not appear to discriminate between conditions.

Comparison of naturalistic and arbitrary discriminative stimuli during schedule thinning following functional communication training

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan A. Boyle ◽  
McKenzie T. Bacon ◽  
Samantha M. Carton ◽  
John J. Augustine ◽  
Taylor A. Janota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Discriminative Stimuli ◽  
Schedule Thinning

Lag Schedules and Functional Communication Training: Persistence of Mands and Relapse of Problem Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry S. Falcomata ◽  
Colin S. Muething ◽  
Bryant C. Silbaugh ◽  
Summer Adami ◽  
Katherine Hoffman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Clinical Relapse ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedules Of Reinforcement ◽  
Schedule Thinning ◽  
Lag Schedules

We evaluated the effects of lag schedules of reinforcement and functional communication training (FCT) on mand variability and problem behavior in two children with autism spectrum disorder. Specifically, we implemented FCT with increasing lag schedules and compared its effects on problem behavior with baseline conditions. The results showed that both participants exhibited low rates of problem behavior during treatment relative to baseline during and following schedule thinning (up to a Lag 5 schedule arrangement). Variable and total mands remained high during schedule thinning. With one participant, variable manding persisted when the value of the lag schedule was reduced to zero. The current results are discussed in terms of implications for training multiple mand topographies during FCT for the potential prevention and/or mitigation of clinical relapse during challenges to treatment.

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