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DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIOR AND DEMAND FADING IN THE TREATMENT OF ESCAPE-MAINTAINED DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR |
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| Authors: | Cathleen C. Piazza Doug R. Moes Wayne W. Fisher |
| Abstract: | The escape-maintained destructive behavior of a boy with autism was reduced during instructional sequences with differential reinforcement of compliance (DRA), escape extinction without physical guidance, and demand fading. The procedure decreased destructive behaviors to near-zero levels and greatly increased compliance. |
| Keywords: | demand fading developmental disabilities functional analysis escape behavior |