Assessing the Efficacy of Pictorial Preference Assessments for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Heinicke, Megan R.; Carr, James E.; Pence, Sacha T.; Zias, Danika R.; Valentino, Amber L.; Falligant, John M.
Titel	Assessing the Efficacy of Pictorial Preference Assessments for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 49 (2016) 4, S.848-868 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
DOI	10.1002/jaba.342
Schlagwörter	Pictorial Stimuli; Developmental Disabilities; Children; Reinforcement; Comparative Analysis; Contingency Management; Preferences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fantasieanregung; Entwicklungsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Positive Verstärkung; Krisenbewältigung
Abstract	Past research has demonstrated that pictorial preference assessments can predict subsequent reinforcement effects for individuals with developmental disabilities only when access to the selected stimulus is provided contingent on a pictorial selection. The purpose of the present investigation was to assess more comprehensively the feasibility of the pictorial format with children with developmental disabilities. In Experiment 1, prerequisite skill assessments were conducted, and the role of a contingent reinforcer was assessed by comparing the results from the pictorial assessment without contingent access to a reinforcer assessment. If contingent access was found to be necessary, the effects of schedule thinning were evaluated to determine whether a pictorial format could be made more practical in Experiment 2. The pictorial format without contingent access was successful with only some participants. However, schedule thinning was found to be an effective method to establish conditioned reinforcement properties for pictorial stimuli to create a more practical assessment for a subset of participants. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01