Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Campus Access Dissertation
Department
Psychology
Sub-Department
School Psychology
First Advisor
Erik Drasgow
Abstract
Functional communication training (FCT) is a component of positive behavior support that is an effective method for increasing the socially acceptable communication repertoire of individuals with developmental disabilities who exhibit severe behavior problems. However, systematically increasing tolerance for delays to reinforcement by these individuals after acquiring new communication forms has proven to be difficult. For this study, FCT was implemented for 3 individuals with developmental disabilities who resided in a residential treatment facility. The goals of this study were to: (1) develop and implement a brief discrete-trial functional analysis; (2) teach efficient, socially acceptable replacement behaviors to decrease problem behavior; and (3) systematically increase the tolerance for delay to reinforcement while maintaining low, acceptable rates of problem behavior for all participants.
Rights
© 2010, Jonathan Dean Schmidt
Recommended Citation
Schmidt, J. D.(2010). Communication Assessment and Intervention For Three Individuals With Autism With Severe Problem Behavior. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/400