Using choice to increase on-task behavior in individuals with traumatic brain injury.
An ABA'B design was used to evaluate the effects of choice on task engagement for 3 adults who had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. A yoked-control condition, in which tasks that were selected by each participant were assigned subsequently to that participant by a trainer, was implemented to help distinguish between the effects of task preference and choice. The results for all 3 participants indicated that permitting individuals to choose from a list of tasks increased on-task behavior.
Tasky
Kim K
KK
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301, USA.
Rudrud
Eric H
EH
Schulze
Kimberly A
KA
Rapp
John T
JT
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D020208:Brain Injury, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D009042:Motivation; D012648:Self Care