An evaluation of a brief multiple-stimulus preference assessment with adolescents with emotional-behavioral disorders in an educational setting.
Brief multiple-stimulus-without-replacement (MSWO) preference assessments were conducted with 3 adolescent boys with emotional-behavioral disorders in the context of their public school educational program. The reinforcing effects of stimuli identified as high, medium, and low preference were then evaluated using an alternating treatments design in which, following an initial baseline, stimuli were delivered contingent on on-task behavior. High-preference stimuli produced the highest percentages of on-task behavior for all 3 participants.
Paramore
Nancy W
NW
Utah State University, 2865 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322, USA.
Higbee
Thomas S
TS
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*