Using Noncontingent Reinforcement to Reduce Perseverative Speech and Increase Engagement during Social Skills Instruction

Noel, Christina R.; Rubow, Christopher C.

doi:10.1353/etc.2018.0006

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“…Consistent with previous findings (Fisher et al, 2013; Frea & Hughes, 1997; Noel & Rubow, 2018; Rehfeldt & Chambers, 2003; Roantree & Kennedy, 2012), speech content among these participants was sensitive to changes in behavioral contingencies using differential attention as a reinforcer. This result suggests that the problematic speech of individuals with developmental disabilities could result from how conversation partners respond to the content of their speech in conversations.…”

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“…Said another way, the individual may have experience engaging in both appropriate and inappropriate communicative behavior, but their history of reinforcement has favored more inappropriate communicative behavior. Such an approach has been characterized by first conducting a functional analysis of challenging conversational behavior and subsequently leveraging relevant antecedents and consequences to develop more appropriate communicative patterns (Fisher et al, 2013; Frea & Hughes, 1997; Noel & Rubow, 2018; Rehfeldt & Chambers, 2003; Roantree & Kennedy, 2012). For example, Rehfeldt and Chambers (2003) reported on an individual diagnosed with ASD who repeatedly talked about sirens, alarms, or medical appointments, which was found to be maintained by eye contact and reciprocal statements.…”

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A comparison of intervention for problematic speech using reinforcement with and without preferred topics

Stocco

Saavedra

Fakharzadeh

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J of App Behav Analysis

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Previous research has shown that responding to the appropriate and problematic speech of individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities with interested and uninterested listener responses, respectively, can promote more appropriate conversational engagement. However, Fisher et al. (2013) also responded to appropriate speech with access to preferred conversational topics. This study examined the influence of listener interest on the problematic speech of 8 participants and tested the additive effects of (Study 1) and participant preference for (Study 2) delivering preferred topics as reinforcement for appropriate speech. Interventions were equally effective with or without arranging access to preferred topics, but a majority of participants demonstrated a preference for intervention with contingent access to preferred topics. Caregivers and speech‐language pathologists rated the intervention procedures as acceptable and changes in participants' speech satisfactory.

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A comparison of intervention for problematic speech using reinforcement with and without preferred topics

Stocco

Saavedra

Fakharzadeh

et al. 2020

J of App Behav Analysis

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“…Uncovering the behavioral processes that influence the presentation of restricted interests may be a necessary step toward understanding nonadherence and, therefore, designing interventions that promote adherence (Allen & Warzak, 2000;Stocco & Thompson, 2015). Although studies have reported effective interventions for excessive speech about restricted topics (Fisher et al, 2013;Kuntz et al, 2020;Lepper et al, 2017;Noel & Rubow, 2018;Rehfeldt & Chambers, 2003;Roantree & Kennedy, 2012;Stewart et al, 2007;Stocco et al, 2021), adherence to interventions has not been evaluated. These results suggest that adherence might depend on behavioral sensitivity to escape from uninterested listener responses.…”

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“…Because making and maintaining relationships may require conversing about topics outside of their restricted interests (Black & Hazen, 1990; see also Rodriguez & Thompson, 2015; VanBergeijk et al, 2008), researchers have evaluated strategies for increasing conversation about nonrestricted topics (Fisher et al, 2013; Kuntz et al, 2020; Lepper et al, 2017; Noel & Rubow, 2018; Rehfeldt & Chambers, 2003; Roantree & Kennedy, 2012; Stocco et al, 2021). Although components of these strategies often vary (e.g., the form and schedule of reinforcement), the presentation of nonrestricted topics and differential reinforcement of related speech are quite standard.…”

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A translational evaluation of listener interest on the presentation of conversation topics to individuals who exhibit restricted interests

Fakharzadeh

Stocco

2022

J of App Behav Analysis

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Listener behavior has been shown to influence speaker behavior. However, little is known about the extent to which listener behavior can influence countertherapeutic outcomes. This study evaluated the influence of listener interest on the topics presented by adult participants conversing with an experimenter acting as an individual who exhibited restricted interests. Each session consisted of a 5‐min conversation, during which the participant was instructed to talk about 3 topics. We compared the duration of topic presentation across phases in which the experimenter behaved as an interested listener for 1 topic or for all 3 topics. Results showed that topic presentation was controlled by listener interest and all participants reported that the simulation was believable, acceptable, and useful. Although preliminary, these findings have implications for understanding possible undesirable interactions between individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who exhibit restricted interests and their peers or caregivers.

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“…Boyle Çalışmaların 17'sinde hedef davranışların işlevini/işlevlerini belirlemede kullanılan değerlendirme tekniği belirtilirken üç araştırmada (Derosa ve ark., 2016; Liggett ve ark., 2018; Saini ve ark., 2016) belirtilmediği görülmüştür. Kullanılan değerlendirme tekniklerinden 14'ünde sadece deneysel değerlendirme teknikleri, birinde betimsel değerlendirme tekniği (Pınar, 2015) ve ikisinde (Noel ve Getch, 2016;Noel ve Rubow, 2018) C: E 1-2-3-4-5-6 T: ZY 1-2-3, NG Analiz edilen çalışmaların toplam öğretim oturumu sayıları incelendiğinde sadece iki çalışmada öğretim oturumu sayısına ilişkin verilere ulaşılmıştır. Bir çalışmada öğretim oturum sayısı sekiz oturum (Noel ve Rubow, 2018), bir çalışmada 22 oturum (Pınar, 2015) olarak belirtilmiştir.…”

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Problem Davranışların Azaltılmasında Koşula Dayalı Olmayan Pekiştirme Uygulamaları: Bir Sistematik Derleme Çalışması

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Problem davranışların azaltılmasında çeşitli yöntem, teknik ve stratejiler etkili bir şekilde kullanılmakla birlikte, bu uygulamalar arasında öncelikle başvurulması gerekenler ılımlılık hiyerarşisine göre önleyici ve pekiştirme temelli olanlardır. Bu özellikleri taşıyan, problem davranışların azaltılmasında etkili ve önemli olduğu belirtilen yöntemlerden bir tanesi de koşula dayalı olmayan pekiştirmedir. Koşula dayalı olmayan pekiştirme, uluslararası alanyazında yaklaşık yetmiş yıldır üzerinde çalışılan, pek çok makale ve kitap bölümünde yer alan bir uygulama olmasına rağmen, ülkemiz alanyazınında konuyla ilgili çok sınırlı sayıda araştırma ve kaynak bulunmaktadır. Bu gereksinimden yola çıkarak bu çalışmada, koşula dayalı olmayan pekiştirme yönteminin uygulama basamaklarına ilişkin bilgi verilmesi ile etkililiğinin incelendiği ve tek denekli deneysel desen kullanılarak yürütülmüş araştırmaların demografik ve yöntemsel özellikleri ile sonuçlarının betimsel analizi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaca yönelik olarak ilgili anahtar sözcüklerle 2015-2020 yılları arası yayımlanmış araştırmalar taranmıştır. Toplamda 62 araştırmaya ulaşılmış; dâhil etme ölçütleri sonucunda 20 araştırma betimsel analize alınmıştır. Analiz sonuçları, koşula dayalı olmayan pekiştirmenin problem davranışların azaltılmasında ve/veya ortadan kaldırılmasında etkili bir uygulama olduğunu ancak özellikle doğal ortamlarda gerçekleştirilecek araştırmalara hâlen bir gereksinim olduğunu göstermektedir.

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Using Noncontingent Reinforcement to Reduce Perseverative Speech and Increase Engagement during Social Skills Instruction

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

A comparison of intervention for problematic speech using reinforcement with and without preferred topics

A comparison of intervention for problematic speech using reinforcement with and without preferred topics

A translational evaluation of listener interest on the presentation of conversation topics to individuals who exhibit restricted interests

Problem Davranışların Azaltılmasında Koşula Dayalı Olmayan Pekiştirme Uygulamaları: Bir Sistematik Derleme Çalışması

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