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Positive Antecedent and Consequent Components in Child Compliance Training
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Roberts, Dannell Speights; Tingstrom, Daniel H.; Olmi, D. Joe; Bellipanni, Kimberly D. – Behavior Modification, 2008
This study evaluates the effects of positive antecedent (effective instruction delivery and time-in) and consequent components (contingent praise) on the compliance of 4 children in a clinic setting. Results suggest that the use of effective instruction delivery alone increased compliance above baseline levels for the 4 children and that the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Change, Children
An Empirical Investigation of Time-Out with and without Escape Extinction to Treat Escape-Maintained Noncompliance
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Everett, Gregory E.; Olmi, D. Joe; Edwards, Ron P.; Tingstrom, Daniel H.; Sterling-Turner, Heather E.; Christ, Theodore J. – Behavior Modification, 2007
The present study evaluates the effectiveness of two time-out (TO) procedures in reducing escape-maintained noncompliance of 4 children. Noncompliant behavioral function was established via a functional assessment (FA), including indirect and direct descriptive procedures and brief confirmatory experimental analyses. Following FA, parents were…
Descriptors: Timeout, Negative Reinforcement, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems
The Contributions of Eye Contact and Contingent Praise to Effective Instruction Delivery in Compliance Training
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Everett, Gregory E.; Olmi, D. Joe; Edwards, Ron P.; Tingstrom, Daniel H. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2005
The present study, using a multiple baseline across subjects design for two children and a nonconcurrent multiple baseline across subjects design for two additional children, evaluated whether the addition of eye contact and then contingent praise for compliance (CP) would lead to increases in childhood compliance for both statement and question…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Positive Reinforcement, Nonverbal Communication, Children
Restructuring an Existing Token Economy in a Psychiatric Facility for Children.
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Moore, James W.; Tingstrom, Daniel H.; Doggett, R. Anthony; Carlyon, William D. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2001
Restructuring an existing token economy (TE) in a psychiatric facility for children led to increased point-earning and decreased daily trips to seclusion. Restructuring occurred through operationalization of target behaviors and reduction of time between receipt of reinforcers and opportunity to exchange tokens. Results suggest changes in basic…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Children, Operant Conditioning, Program Effectiveness