Schedule thinning is a necessary treatment procedure following the acquisition of a
communication response during functional communication training. In this article, we update …

Schedule thinning occurs after functional communication training to teach individuals to
tolerate delays to accessing functional reinforcers. One challenge that can emerge during …

The paper presents several assistive technology solutions that may be used to help people
with moderate to severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities reach relevant goals …

Researchers have investigated several schedule‐thinning approaches during functional
communication training (FCT), including FCT with delay schedules (Delay FCT), FCT with …

One of the most common treatments for severe challenging behavior involves placing the
challenging behavior on extinction and differentially reinforcing an alternative response …

Although behavior-analytic procedures are an empirically supported treatment that has the
potential to mitigate core and associated features of autism spectrum disorder, it is important …

Variable-ratio (VR) schedules of reinforcement can lead to steady response rates and make
behavior less resistant to extinction but can be difficult to implement with fidelity. Utilizing a …

Many researchers have evaluated how characteristics of feedback may influence trainee
performance, but relatively little attention has been allocated to directly assessing trainee …

Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) interventions that do not use
extinction for target behavior offer a class of socially acceptable interventions that are …