Functional communication training is a well‐established treatment for socially reinforced
destructive behavior that typically includes differential reinforcement of the functional …

Discontinuation of the contingency between a response and its reinforcer sometimes
produces a temporary increase in the response before its rate decreases, a phenomenon …

Response efficiency plays an important role in the initial success of functional
communication training (FCT). Although low‐effort functional communication responses …

Following successful behavioral treatment in which problem behavior is reduced, problem
behavior sometimes reemerges as a function of changes in stimulus conditions (ie, renewal) …

Cycling between the availability and unavailability of reinforcement for alternative
responding has successfully reduced resurgence in basic laboratory evaluations, but this …

Schedule thinning is a common clinical procedure used to make behavioral interventions
such as functional communication training more feasible in the community. Unfortunately …

Functional communication training (FCT) is an effective and widely used procedure to
reduce problem behaviors. The purpose of FCT is to replace a problem behavior with a …

In the clinic, differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) often involves
programming extinction for destructive behavior while reinforcing an alternative form of …

When problem behavior is controlled by a synthesized reinforcement contingency, a simple
omnibus mand that yields access to all reinforcers simultaneously has been shown to …

Functional communication training (FCT) is a commonly used and effective treatment for
problem behavior maintained by social reinforcement (eg, an individual engages in self …