scholarly journals Evaluation of multiple schedules with naturally occurring and therapist-arranged discriminative stimuli following functional communication training

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth D. Shamlian ◽  
Wayne W. Fisher ◽  
Mark W. Steege ◽  
Brenna M. Cavanaugh ◽  
Kristina Samour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Discriminative Stimuli ◽  
Multiple Schedules ◽  
Naturally Occurring

An individualized method for establishing and thinning multiple schedules of reinforcement following functional communication training

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan A. Call ◽  
Seth B. Clark ◽  
Joanna Lomas Mevers ◽  
Natalie A. Parks ◽  
Valerie M. Volkert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Schedules Of Reinforcement ◽  
Multiple Schedules

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.

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.

Delivering Interventions Via Telehealth: Functional Communication Training with a Child with Autism as a Case Example

2020 ◽  
pp. 154079692098045
Author(s):  
Matthew J. O’Brien ◽  
Kelly M. Schieltz ◽  
Wendy K. Berg ◽  
Jennifer J. McComas ◽  
David P. Wacker
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Behavior Analysts

In this article, we provide a case example of how telehealth can be used by care providers in their homes to access empirically validated procedures such as functional communication training. As shown in the case example, complex assessment and intervention procedures were implemented successfully by care providers in their homes while receiving real-time coaching by behavior analysts who were located in a hospital in a different city. This case example is representative of the results we obtained thus far; substantial improvements in challenging and adaptive behavior occurred. Given these results obtained to date with telehealth, in terms of both outcomes of interventions and rated acceptability of the procedures by care providers, further and more widespread application of telehealth is warranted.

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