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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Psychology
  • Child Psychology
  • Applied Behavior Analysis

Background:

  • Destructive behavior in children is often maintained by negative reinforcement.
  • Functional communication training (FCT) is a behavioral intervention to address such behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of FCT in reducing destructive behavior maintained by negative reinforcement.
  • To assess the resurgence of destructive behavior under extinction conditions with and without a communication device.

Main Methods:

  • Three children received FCT, involving demands followed by opportunities to mand for play breaks.
  • Extinction probes were conducted before and after FCT initiation.
  • Probes assessed destructive behavior resurgence with a microswitch (with/without mand card) or without the microswitch.

Main Results:

  • FCT resulted in rapid reductions in destructive behavior for all participating children.
  • Destructive behavior resurged minimally during extinction probes.
  • Minimal differences in resurgence were observed between conditions with and without the communication device.

Conclusions:

  • FCT is an effective intervention for decreasing destructive behavior maintained by negative reinforcement in children.
  • The presence of the communication device did not significantly impact the resurgence of destructive behavior during extinction.