Mitigating resurgence of destructive behavior using the discriminative stimuli of a multiple schedule

• Published in: Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Vol. 113; no. 1; p. 263
• Main Authors: Fisher, Wayne W, Fuhrman, Ashley M, Greer, Brian D, Mitteer, Daniel R, Piazza, Cathleen C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2020
• Subjects: resurgence; behavioral momentum theory; autism spectrum disorder; stimulus control; functional communication training; destructive behavior

Results of several recent translational studies have suggested that correlating contextual or discriminative stimuli with the delivery and withholding of reinforcement for the functional communication response (FCR) may mitigate resurgence of destructive behavior, but few, if any, have isolated the...