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RESPONSE EFFICIENCY DURING FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING: EFFECTS OF EFFORT ON RESPONSE ALLOCATION

2001; Wiley; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1901/jaba.2001.34-73

1938-3703

David M. Richman, David P. Wacker, Lisa Winborn,

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

An analogue functional analysis revealed that the problem behavior of a young child with developmental delays was maintained by positive reinforcement. A concurrent‐schedule procedure was then used to vary the amount of effort required to emit mands. Results suggested that response effort can be an important variable when developing effective functional communication training programs.