Relapse following the successful treatment of problem behavior can increase the likelihood
of injury and the need for more intensive care. Current research offers some predictions of …

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 …

Functional communication training is a well‐established treatment for socially reinforced
destructive behavior that typically includes differential reinforcement of the functional …

Behavioral treatments arranging differential reinforcement effectively treat severe problem
behavior while interventions are underway. However, many events challenge these …

Resurgence is an increase in a previously suppressed behavior resulting from a worsening
in reinforcement conditions for current behavior. Resurgence is often observed following …

Behavioral momentum theory (BMT) suggests that resurgence of destructive behavior may
be at least partly determined by the rate of alternative reinforcement, with lean schedules of …

Following successful behavioral treatment in which problem behavior is reduced, problem
behavior sometimes reemerges as a function of changes in stimulus conditions (ie, renewal) …

Cycling between the availability and unavailability of reinforcement for alternative
responding has successfully reduced resurgence in basic laboratory evaluations, but this …

Schedule thinning is a common clinical procedure used to make behavioral interventions
such as functional communication training more feasible in the community. Unfortunately …

Resurgence occurs when a previously reinforced and then extinguished target response
increases due to a worsening of reinforcement conditions for an alternative response. We …