Background Challenging behaviour is frequently associated with the presence of intellectual
disability. If not effectively treated, chronic challenging behaviour can negatively impact a …

The original and power function versions of the matching law and matching theory are
mathematical accounts of continuous choice that have been applied to the behavior of many …

Using a consistent Skinnerian perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning: A
Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition provides an advanced introduction to the principles of …

The history of functional analysis, as both a concept and a procedure, can be traced back to
the earliest days of the discipline of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and even to the earliest …

Defining self-injurious behavior (SIB) presents some difficulties. It has been broadly
described as behavior that produces injury to the individual's own body (Tate & Baroff …

Promoting choice is a defining value guiding Positive Behavior Support (PBS) models for
serving individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). The ability to …

Descriptive analyses involve direct observation of behavior and environmental events in
naturalistic contexts. Research in descriptive analysis has focused on a variety of areas …

Prior researchers have evaluated the efficacy of using the matching law to describe naturally
occurring behavior—environment interactions. However, spurious matching could be …

The study of the water-energy-food nexus is crucial to face the challenges in terms of
access, production, and proper management of resources. This work presents an …

Decades of research have shown that as with appropriate behavior, most problem behavior
is learned and that both appropriate and problem behavior can serve common functions …