scholarly journals An Evaluation of Lag Schedules of Reinforcement During Functional Communication Training: Effects on Varied Mand Responding and Challenging Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Summer Adami ◽  
Terry S. Falcomata ◽  
Colin S. Muething ◽  
Katherine Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Challenging Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedules Of Reinforcement ◽  
Training Effects ◽  
Lag Schedules

My Student Cannot Wait! Teaching Tolerance Following Functional Communication Training

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reem Muharib ◽  
Robert C. Pennington
Keyword(s):  
Challenging Behavior ◽  
Challenging Behaviors ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedules Of Reinforcement ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Multiple Schedules ◽  
Teaching Tolerance ◽  
Alternative Responses

Functional communication training (FCT) involves the reinforcement of an appropriate communicative response as an alternative to challenging behavior. The intervention has been identified as an evidence-based practice across multiple populations. Despite its extensive research support, FCT may be impractical in some educational settings because it often requires educators to reinforce alternative responses at high rates. In this discussion article, we describe three procedures (delay to reinforcement, chained schedules of reinforcement, and multiple schedules of reinforcement) that can be used following FCT in educational settings to teach students who exhibit challenging behaviors to tolerate waiting for a reinforcer.

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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