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Breaking The Link: An Analysis Of Procedures To Decrease Inappropriate Behavior When It Is A Link In A Response Chain

Guld, Amanda Elizabeth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1218559907

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2008, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, ED Physical Activities and Educational Services.
The current study examined the effectiveness of a strategy to disrupt behavior chains, consisting of an inappropriate behavior followed by an appropriate behavior of 3 children with moderate to severe disabilities. A baseline measure was collected of each response in the chain: response one (R1) and response two (R2). Conditional probabilities were calculated to provide evidence that the two responses occurred in a predictable sequence and may therefore constitute a chain. The subsequent intervention consisted of providing the appropriate discriminative stimulus that occasioned R2 on a fixed schedule and reinforcing the appropriate response (R2) regardless of when it occurred (i.e., within the chain or alone). The results of a multiple baseline across participants analysis demonstrated that the intervention was effective in disrupting the response chains and in decreasing the inappropriate response for all 3 participants. In addition, the intervention was effective in increasing the appropriate response in 2 of the 3 participants. These results have implications for use of the disruption procedure in applied settings in which challenging behavior is a member of a response chain.
Nancy Neef, PhD (Advisor)
Helen Malone, PhD (Committee Member)
William Heward, PhD (Committee Member)
Ralph Gardner, III, PhD (Committee Member)
164 p.
Education; Educational Psychology; Psychology; Special Education
response chain; behavior analysis; developmental disabilities; behavior chain; inappropriate behavior; appropriate behavior

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  • Guld, A. E. (2008). Breaking The Link: An Analysis Of Procedures To Decrease Inappropriate Behavior When It Is A Link In A Response Chain [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1218559907

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Guld, Amanda. Breaking The Link: An Analysis Of Procedures To Decrease Inappropriate Behavior When It Is A Link In A Response Chain. 2008. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1218559907.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Guld, Amanda. "Breaking The Link: An Analysis Of Procedures To Decrease Inappropriate Behavior When It Is A Link In A Response Chain." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1218559907

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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