Response Interruption and Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior for the Treatment of Pica
Pica displayed by two individuals with autism was decreased by a treatment involving differential reinforcement and response interruption that altered the chain of behavior involved in pica (i.e., picking up items and placing them in the mouth). The treatment involved establishing prompts to ‘clean‐...
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| Published in: | Behavioral interventions Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 309 - 325 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, UK
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
01-11-2011
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| Summary: | Pica displayed by two individuals with autism was decreased by a treatment involving differential reinforcement and response interruption that altered the chain of behavior involved in pica (i.e., picking up items and placing them in the mouth). The treatment involved establishing prompts to ‘clean‐up’ as a new discriminative stimulus (SD) for picking up items from the floor; and holding potential pica items was established as an SD for discarding those items in a trash receptacle, putting them away, or using them appropriately. After demonstrating the effectiveness of the treatment in an analog setting, the treatment package was systematically generalized to community settings. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-C15TT6WB-G ArticleID:BIN339 istex:02C4AD75D32F3B16F578465765971A9B77E45B03 Seth B. Clark is now at the Marcus Autism Institute. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1072-0847 1099-078X 1099-078X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bin.339 |