Reinforcement schedule thinning following functional communication training: Review and recommendations

LP Hagopian, EW Boelter, DP Jarmolowicz - Behavior Analysis in Practice, 2011 - Springer
This paper extends the Tiger, Hanley, and Bruzek (2008) review of functional
communication training (FCT) by reviewing the published literature on reinforcement …

A comprehensive systematic review of procedures and analyses used in basic and preclinical studies of resurgence, 1970–2020

CA Podlesnik, CM Ritchey, J Waits… - Perspectives on Behavior …, 2023 - Springer
Resurgence is the return of a previously reinforced response as conditions worsen for an
alternative response, such as the introduction of extinction, reductions in reinforcement, or …

Prevalence of resurgence of destructive behavior when thinning reinforcement schedules during functional communication training

AM Briggs, WW Fisher, BD Greer… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Functional communication training is a well‐established treatment for socially reinforced
destructive behavior that typically includes differential reinforcement of the functional …

Minimizing escalation by treating dangerous problem behavior within an enhanced choice model

A Rajaraman, GP Hanley, HC Gover… - Behavior analysis in …, 2022 - Springer
To address dangerous problem behavior exhibited by children while explicitly avoiding
physical management procedures, we systematically replicated and extended the skill …

An evaluation of resurgence during treatment with functional communication training

VM Volkert, DC Lerman, NA Call… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Extinction‐induced resurgence is the recurrence of previously reinforced behavior when
another behavior is placed on extinction (Lieving, Hagopian, Long, & O'Connor, 2004). This …

A preliminary investigation on improving functional communication training by mitigating resurgence of destructive behavior

AM Fuhrman, WW Fisher… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the effectiveness and widespread use of functional communication training (FCT),
resurgence of destructive behavior can occur if the functional communication response …

Behavioral momentum theory: Equations and applications

JA Nevin, TA Shahan - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Behavioral momentum theory provides a quantitative account of how reinforcers
experienced within a discriminative stimulus context govern the persistence of behavior that …

Laboratory models of treatment relapse and mitigation techniques.

SN Wathen, CA Podlesnik - Behavior Analysis: Research and …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Behavioral treatments arranging differential reinforcement effectively treat severe problem
behavior while interventions are underway. However, many events challenge these …

A model of resurgence based on behavioral momentum theory

TA Shahan, MM Sweeney - Journal of the Experimental …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Resurgence is the reappearance of an extinguished behavior when an alternative behavior
reinforced during extinction is subsequently placed on extinction. Resurgence is of particular …

Multiple schedules in practical application: Research trends and implications for future investigation

V Saini, SA Miller, WW Fisher - Journal of Applied Behavior …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers began studying multiple schedules in basic laboratories, but recent advances
have extended research on multiple schedules to a wide variety of socially significant …