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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"changing criterion design"”.
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The Effects of Parent Training on the Amount and Variety of Food Consumed By a Child with Autism.
… Disorder and limited food consumption. A changing criterion design across two variables, variety of food and quantity of food, was used. Results were that the parent who used the manual, with limited assistance from the experimenter, did succeed in increasing food variety and quantity of …
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The Effects of Graduated Exposure, Modeling, and Contingent Social Attention on Tolerance to Skin Care Products with Children Who Have Autism.
… independently, without excessive refusals. A changing criterion design and a multiple baseline were employed to evaluate effects of this treatment package. Children demonstrated more positive and fewer negative responses as they completed the graduated steps. Effects maintained in follow-up …
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Effects of Prompting and Fading Procedures to Establish Following the Line of Regard in A Child with Autism
… a primary diagnosis of autism, participated. A changing criterion design was used in Experiment I. Experiment II used a succession of interventions to assess incidental learning of novel object names. Results indicate that prompting and fading with reinforcement was an effective training …
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Reducing Vocal Stereotypic Behavior in a Child with Fragile X Syndrome by Implementing the Response Interruption and Redirection (RIRD) Method
… control was demonstrated with a mixture of changing criterion design and multiple baseline design by keeping the data stable at a close to zero slope while increasing the criterion. Since previous studies have almost solely focused on autistic individuals, this study adds to the knowledge of …
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The Effects of a Lag 5 Schedule of Reinforcement on Toy Play Response Variability
… wide range of appropriate toy play responses. A changing criterion design was used to evaluate the effects of a Lag 5 schedule of reinforcement on toy play response variability. Varied toy play responding did increase under lag schedules with the inclusion of training trials. Responding …
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The fit family program
… home-centered family fitness program designed to improve lifestyle exercise and eating behaviors. This program involved five families (eleven subjects) recruited from Park Road High School in Rural Virginia. The program was based on family systems theory, and social learning …
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Improving wellness-exam and vaccination attendance in children with developmental disabilities using reinforcement and fading techniques
… procedures, or more specifically, vaccination. A changing criterion design was used to evaluate the effects of differential reinforcement and fading on the participants behavior during medical examination and vaccination. Participants were always allowed to leave the medical setting and if they …
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Mystery Motivator Calendar: An Interdependent Group Contingency, Variable Ratio, Classroom Intervention
… withdrawal, reinstatement and follow-up), changing criterion design. The effectiveness of the intervention on disruptive classroom behavior was assessed for an eight-week period. The Mystery Motivator Calendar was found to decrease the frequency of disruptive behavior in all classrooms. The …
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The effectiveness of a hierarchical shaping procedure for eating disorders, targeting food avoidance
… an inpatient or outpatient hospital program. A changing criterion design was implemented, introducing each of the 12 shaping approximations, targeting four food items. Reported anxiety rates and food refusal behaviors were measured but not directly targeted, to identify any possible changes …
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The Effects of Fluency-Based Instruction on Skill Acquisition in Children Diagnosed with Landau Kleffner Syndrome
… (MST). MST surgery is a surgical procedure designed to eradicate the capacity of cortical tissue to generate seizures or subclinical epileptiform activity, while maintaining the cortical functions of the remaining tissues (Grote, Van Slyke, & Hoeppner, 1999). Once surgery is complete, it is …