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Megan Duffy Cassella1, Tina M Sidener, David W Sidener
1Department of Psychology, Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006, USA.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|May 5, 2011
Summary
Response interruption and redirection (RIRD) significantly reduced vocal stereotypy. However, behavior reduction did not generalize to new settings or instructors, and appropriate vocalizations did not improve.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral science
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Background:
- Vocal stereotypy is a common behavior in various populations.
- Response interruption and redirection (RIRD) is an intervention used to decrease problem behaviors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically replicate and extend previous research on RIRD.
- To assess RIRD's effectiveness with instructed responses of a different topography than the target behavior.
- To evaluate generalization of behavior reduction and social validity.
Main Methods:
- RIRD intervention was applied to reduce vocal stereotypy.
- The study assessed percentage of session spent in treatment.
- Generalization to novel settings/instructors and social validity were evaluated.
Main Results:
- RIRD produced substantial decreases in vocal stereotypy.
- Behavior reduction did not generalize to novel settings or with novel instructors.
- Appropriate vocalizations did not improve with RIRD.
Conclusions:
- RIRD is effective in reducing vocal stereotypy.
- Generalization and improvement of appropriate vocalizations remain areas for further research.
- Social validity of RIRD warrants further investigation.
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