Nondirective prompting and noncontingent reinforcement in the treatment of destructive behavior during hygiene routines. |
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| Authors: | C C Piazza S A Contrucci G P Hanley W W Fisher |
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| Affiliation: | Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. |
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| Abstract: | The escape-maintained destructive behavior of a girl with mental retardation persisted during hygiene routines with directive prompting, differential reinforcement for compliance, and extinction as treatment. Using nondirective prompting and noncontingent reinforcement, destructive behavior was reduced to near-zero levels during the hygiene routine. |
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| Keywords: | escape prompting establishing operations noncontingent reinforcement |
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