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Functional analysis and treatment of inappropriate verbal behavior
M R Dixon1, H Benedict, T Larson
1Behavior Analysis and Therapy Program, Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 62901, USA. mdixon@siu.edu
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|October 27, 2001
Abstract:
The present study examined the possible function of inappropriate verbal behavior of an adult man who had been diagnosed with both mental retardation and psychosis. Results of a functional analysis indicated that inappropriate verbal utterances were maintained by attention. An intervention consisting of the differential reinforcement of appropriate verbal behavior effectively reduced the inappropriate behavior.