title: Reinforcer assessment for children with developmental disabilities and visual impairments.
abstract: We assessed the applicability of two previously developed reinforcer assessment procedures to children with developmental disabilities and visual impairments. Greater differentiation between stimuli was observed with a choice procedure than with a preference procedure. Measurement of compliance and rate of responding in adaptive skill training confirmed that the choice procedure accurately identified reinforcing stimuli. The preference procedure produced false positive predictions of reinforcer efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Paclawskyj
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Vollmer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002755:Choice Behavior; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications