Momentum and Extinction Effects on Self‐injurious Escape Behavior and Noncompliance

Zarcone, Jennifer R.; Iwata, Brian A.; Mazaleski, Jodi L.; Smith, Richard G.

doi:10.1901/jaba.1994.27-649

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“…Although the studies cited above demonstrate the efficacy of the high-p treatment, there have also been reports of no or marginal improvement in compliance using this intervention (Rortvedt & Miltenberger, 1994;Zarcone, Iwata, Hughes, & Vollmer, 1993;Zarcone, Iwata, Mazaleski, & Smith, 1994). The impetus for the present experiments came from similar treatment failures with two noncompliant children admitted to our inpatient hospital unit for treatment of behavior disorders.…”

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“…Although the high-p intervention improved the overall percentage of compliance to moderate levels, it was effective with only five or six of the low-p instructions. When the high-p intervention has proven to be ineffective, alternative treatments have included guided compliance (Zarcone et al, 1993(Zarcone et al, , 1994 and time-out (Rortvedt & Miltenberger, 1994). However, because these interventions can be contraindicated for highly aggressive clients, we turned again to the momentum metaphor for ideas to increase the effectiveness of the high-p treatment.…”

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Effects of Reinforcer Quality on Behavioral Momentum: Coordinated Applied and Basic Research

Mace¹,

Mauro²,

Boyajian³

et al. 1997

J of App Behav Analysis

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The high-probability (high-p) instructional sequence has been an effective treatment for noncompliance. However, treatment failures have also been reported. We hypothesized that the efficacy of the high-p treatment may be improved by using higher quality reinforcers for compliance to high-p instructions. The resistance of compliance to change was tested by varying reinforcer quality in two applied studies and a basic laboratory experiment. Experiment 1 tested the hypothesis that an increase in reinforcer quality for highp compliance will increase the effectiveness of the high-p treatment when it fails to increase compliance. Experiment 2 assessed the effects of reinforcer quality on resistance of compliance to change by presenting successive low-p requests following the high-p treatment. A basic laboratory study (Experiment 3) was conducted to further isolate the relation between reinforcer quality and behavioral momentum. Two different liquid reinforcers (sucrose and citric acid solutions) were presented in a two-component multiple variable-interval variable-interval schedule followed by a single extinction test session. Results of all three experiments showed a generally consistent relationship between reinforcer quality and behavioral momentum.

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Effects of Reinforcer Quality on Behavioral Momentum: Coordinated Applied and Basic Research

Mace¹,

Mauro²,

Boyajian³

et al. 1997

J of App Behav Analysis

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“…High-p instruction sequences involve the rapid presentation of three instructions with which an individual is likely to comply immediately preceding an instruction with a low probability of compliance. This procedure has been used successfully to increase compliance and decrease aberrant behavior in adults with developmental disabilities (e.g., Mace & Belfiore, 1990;Zarcone, Iwata, Mazaleski, & Smith, 1994) as well as children and youth with severe handicaps (e.g., Davis, Brady, Hamilton, McEvoy, & Williams, 1994;Ducharme & Worling, 1994;Horner, Day, Sprague, O'Brien, & Heathfield, 1991;Houlihan, Jacobson, & Brandon, 1994;Kennedy, Itkonen, & Lindquist, 1995;Singer et al, 1987).…”

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Using High‐probability Instruction Sequences With Fading to Increase Student Compliance During Transitions

Ardoin

Martens

Wolfe

1999

J of App Behav Analysis

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Making efficient transitions from one instructional activity to another has been shown to increase academic learning time and therefore student achievement. Because compliance with teacher instructions is a prerequisite for efficient transitions, we sought to determine if high-probability (high-p) instruction sequences issued by a classroom teacher would increase student compliance and decrease latency to comply during transitions. Three children in a regular second-grade classroom participated. Each day at the beginning of morning calendar time, the teacher issued five instructions to the class as a group while compliance data were recorded for the 3 target students. Following baseline, a multielement design was used to examine the effects of the high-p instruction sequence. We then systematically faded the number of instructions included in the high-p sequence as a means of transferring stimulus control to low-probability instructions. The procedure was effective for 2 of the 3 participants, and the results were maintained at 2-and 3-week follow-up. The implications of these findings for group applications of the high-p instruction sequence in regular education classrooms are discussed.

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“…Several examples of each (e.g., Mace et al, 1988), usually in combination (e.g., Zarcone, Iwata, Mazaleski, & Smith, 1994), have proven effective in the reduction of problem behaviors associated with noncompliance, whether maintained by escape, attention, or both.…”

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“…Nor did the authors report on the consequences of noncompliance, it is unknown whether escape extinction contributed to treatment outcomes. Zarcone et al (1994) used behavioral momentum and escape extinction with physical guidance to decrease escape-maintained self-injurious behavior and increase compliance. These authors showed that behavioral momentum was ineffective without the addition of escape extinction with physical guidance.…”

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Task as Reinforcer: a Reactive Alternative to Traditional Forms of Escape Extinction

Ward¹,

Parker²,

Perdikaris³

2016

Behav Analysis Practice

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Inappropriate behaviors, ranging from passive resistance to physical aggression, property destruction, or selfinjurious behavior frequently function for escape from or avoidance of non-preferred activities. Proactive procedures have been shown to be only moderately effective without the use of escape extinction, but escape extinction can produce negative side effects, and efforts have been made to find alternatives. The current study tested the efficacy of a reactive procedure that may serve as an alternative to traditional forms of escape extinction. In a multiple baseline across behavioral excesses, non-preferred activities, and participants, a timeout from the opportunity to work effectively reduced behavioral excesses and increased compliance with non-preferred activities. With one participant, a multiple baseline was implemented across instructional targets, resulting in an increased rate of skill acquisition after "wait outs" were introduced to each program.

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Momentum and Extinction Effects on Self‐injurious Escape Behavior and Noncompliance

Cited by 82 publications

References 21 publications

Effects of Reinforcer Quality on Behavioral Momentum: Coordinated Applied and Basic Research

Effects of Reinforcer Quality on Behavioral Momentum: Coordinated Applied and Basic Research

Using High‐probability Instruction Sequences With Fading to Increase Student Compliance During Transitions

Task as Reinforcer: a Reactive Alternative to Traditional Forms of Escape Extinction

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