Teaching Discriminated Social Approaches to Individuals with Angelman Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Fichtner, Caitlin S.; Tiger, Jeffrey H.
Titel	Teaching Discriminated Social Approaches to Individuals with Angelman Syndrome
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48 (2015) 4, S.734-748 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
DOI	10.1002/jaba.237
Schlagwörter	Neurological Impairments; Genetics; Intellectual Disability; Developmental Disabilities; Interaction; Behavior Problems; Social Behavior; Attention; Reinforcement; Behavior Modification; Stimuli; Prompting; Learning Processes; Children; Males + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Humangenetik; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Entwicklungsstörung; Interaktion; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Aufmerksamkeit; Positive Verstärkung; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Anreizsystem; Benutzerführung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Child; Kind; Kinder; Male; Männliches Geschlecht
Abstract	Angelman syndrome is a neurogenetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental disability. Common behavioral characteristics of this disorder include a heightened interest in social interactions and frequent bids to initiate interaction. These bids can be problematic, for instance, when a child attempts to hug strangers in public places. The current study evaluated a discrimination training program to teach 3 boys with Angelman syndrome to discriminate appropriate from inappropriate times to initiate interactions. During baseline, we alternated periods in which attention was delivered following social initiations on a continuous reinforcement schedule with periods in which initiations were placed on extinction. We then implemented discrimination training by presenting a salient discriminative stimulus, prompting the occurrence of initiations, and providing reinforcement during reinforcement periods and withdrawing the stimulus during extinction periods. This resulted in discriminated approaches for each of the 3 participants; these results were replicated across caregivers and extended to the participants' homes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01