Functional communication training plus extinction is effective in reducing problem behavior maintained by environmental rearrangement

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Russell Lang ◽  
Patricio Erhard ◽  
Toya Harmon ◽  
Katherine Ledbetter-Cho ◽  
Alyson Lee
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication

Functional Communication Training and Most-To-Least Prompting as Treatments for Problem Behavior

2021 ◽  
pp. 153465012110302
Author(s):  
Judah B. Axe ◽  
Corinne M. Murphy ◽  
William L. Heward
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
Severe Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Abolishing Operation ◽  
Academic Responding ◽  
Multiple Treatments ◽  
Visual Prompt

Functional communication training (FCT) is a treatment for problem behavior in which the learner is taught a communicative behavior that fulfills the same function as the problem behavior. Although effective, when FCT is used to request breaks from work, limitations include increased time spent in breaks and reduced task-related responding. An alternative treatment is most-to-least prompting (MTL) of a task in which a therapist provides the most helpful prompts for task-related responding (e.g., physical guidance) and gradually reduces the amount of help (e.g., visual prompt and then verbal) until the learner responds independently. We evaluated FCT and MTL in a multiple treatments design with an 11-year-old girl with severe developmental disabilities. Both treatments reduced problem behavior from baseline levels, and academic responding was greater during MTL than during FCT. MTL is an errorless teaching approach conceptualized as an abolishing operation that reduces the aversiveness of a task and makes escape less valuable.

Serial functional communication training: Extending serial DRA to mands and problem behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Lambert ◽  
Sarah E. Bloom ◽  
Andrew L. Samaha ◽  
Elizabeth Dayton
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication

A Comparison of High and Low-Proficiency Mands During Functional Communication Training Across Multiple Functions of Problem Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 983-1002
Author(s):  
Terry S. Falcomata ◽  
Cayenne S. Shpall ◽  
Joel E. Ringdahl ◽  
Raechal H. Ferguson ◽  
Hollie V. Wingate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Multiple Functions

Functional communication training in the treatment of problem behavior maintained by access to rituals

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 580-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandy Rispoli ◽  
Síglia Camargo ◽  
Wendy Machalicek ◽  
Russell Lang ◽  
Jeff Sigafoos
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication

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.

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