An Evaluation of Resurgence During Functional Communication Training

Wacker, David P.; Harding, Jay W.; Morgan, Theresa A.; Berg, Wendy K.; Schieltz, Kelly M.; Lee, John F.; Padilla, Yaniz C.

doi:10.11133/j.tpr.2013.63.1.001

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“…If Alternative Reinforcement is discontinued upon returning to home, one should be prepared for a larger resurgence effect than would be observed if the Alternative Reinforcement were discontinued in the laboratory. This in turn has implications for treatment integrity research, in that integrity failures modeled by discontinuing (e.g., Wacker et al, 2013) or reducing (e.g., Pipkin et al, 2010) Alternative Reinforcement in a laboratory setting may produce lower-magnitude resurgence effects relative to those observed if these integrity failures were correlated with context changes as well.…”

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Super-resurgence: ABA renewal increases resurgence

Kincaid

Lattal

Spence

2015

Behavioural Processes

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confidence: 95%

Super-resurgence: ABA renewal increases resurgence

Kincaid

Lattal

Spence

2015

Behavioural Processes

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“…The same result is likely to be the case in young children (Wacker et al, 1998; Wacker et al, 2011). It is likely that some of these children, perhaps 25% to 40% (Schroeder et al, 1982), may need to be followed long-term; and their interventions may need review and periodic renewal indefinitely (Wacker et al, 2013). …”

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Risk Factors for Self-Injury, Aggression, and Stereotyped Behavior Among Young Children At Risk for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Schroeder¹,

Marquis²,

Reese³

et al. 2014

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Before the 1990s, research on the early identification and prevention of severe behavior disorders (SBDs), such as aggression, self-injury, and stereotyped behavior, among young children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), was mostly done with children 3 years or older. More recent work suggests that signs of SBDs may occur as early as 6 months in some infants. The present study combined a cross-sectional and longitudinal approach to examine SBDs in 180 young children aged 4–48 months recruited through mass screening, then receiving an interdisciplinary evaluation and six-month follow-ups for one year. Twelve potential risk factors related to SBDs were examined. Eight of these risk factors, including age, gender, diagnosis, intellectual and communication levels, visual impairment, parent education, family income, were differentially related to scores for Aggression, SIB, and Stereotyped Behavior subscales on the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI-01) at initial interdisciplinary evaluation. BPI-01 scores decreased over the year for 57% of the children and increased for 43%. The amount of decrease on each BPI-01 subscale varied with age, gender, and diagnosis.

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“…The generality of laboratory animal research findings has been supported by research examining resurgence in children with intellectual or developmental disabilities (e.g., Volkert et al, 2009, Wacker et al, 2011; Wacker et al, 2013), and in typically functioning adult participants (e.g., Dixon & Hayes, 1998; Doughty, Cash, Finch, Holloway, & Wallington, 2010; Doughty, Kastner, & Bismark, 2011; Bruzek, Thompson, & Peters, 2009; Mechner, Hyten, Field, & Madden, 1997; Wilson & Hayes, 1996). For example, research with laboratory animals has shown increased time in extinction plus alternative reinforcement may decrease subsequent resurgence (Leitenberg et al, 1975, Experiment 4; Sweeney & Shahan, 2013a; but see Winterbauer et al, 2013).…”

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Resurgence of target responding does not exceed increases in inactive responding in a forced-choice alternative reinforcement procedure in humans

Sweeney

Shahan

2016

Behavioural Processes

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Resurgence following removal of alternative reinforcement has been studied in non-human animals, children with developmental disabilities, and typically functioning adults. Adult human laboratory studies have included responses without a controlled history of reinforcement, included only two response options, or involved extensive training. Arbitrary responses allow for control over history of reinforcement. Including an inactive response never associated with reinforcement allows the conclusion that resurgence exceeds extinction-induced variability. Although procedures with extensive training produce reliable resurgence, a brief procedure with the same experimental control would allow more efficient examination of resurgence in adult humans. We tested the acceptability of a brief, single-session, three-alternative forced-choice procedure as a model of resurgence in undergraduates. Selecting a shape was the target response (reinforced in Phase I), selecting another shape was the alternative response (reinforced in Phase II), and selecting a third shape was never reinforced. Despite manipulating number of trials and probability of reinforcement, resurgence of the target response did not consistently exceed increases in the inactive response. Our findings reiterate the importance of an inactive control response and call for reexamination of resurgence studies using only two response options. We discuss potential approaches to generate an acceptable, brief human laboratory resurgence procedure.

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An Evaluation of Resurgence During Functional Communication Training

Cited by 77 publications

References 33 publications

Super-resurgence: ABA renewal increases resurgence

Super-resurgence: ABA renewal increases resurgence

Risk Factors for Self-Injury, Aggression, and Stereotyped Behavior Among Young Children At Risk for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Resurgence of target responding does not exceed increases in inactive responding in a forced-choice alternative reinforcement procedure in humans

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