EVALUATING TREATMENT CHALLENGES WITH DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIOR

Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior in a Child With Autism

Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior and demand fading in the treatment of escape-maintained destructive behavior.

The escape-maintained destructive behavior of a boy with autism was reduced during instructional sequences with differential reinforcement of compliance (DRA), escape extinction without physical guidance, and demand fading. The procedure decreased destructive behaviors to near-zero levels and greatly increased compliance.

An investigation of differential reinforcement of alternative behavior without extinction.

We manipulated relative reinforcement for problem behavior and appropriate behavior using differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) without an extinction component. Seven children with developmental disabilities participated. We manipulated duration (Experiment 1), quality (Experiment 2), delay (Experiment 3), or a combination of each (Experiment 4), such that reinforcement favor...

Running Head: DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIOR An Investigation of the Effects of Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior On Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities In a School Classroom

Effects of treatment integrity failures during differential reinforcement of alternative behavior: a translational model.

Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) is used frequently as a treatment for problem behavior. Previous studies on treatment integrity failures during DRA suggest that the intervention is robust, but research has not yet investigated the effects of different types of integrity failures. We examined the effects of two types of integrity failures on DRA, starting with a human op...