title: Replacement behaviors for identified functions of challenging behaviors.
abstract: Functional assessment has become a major feature of learning-based research. A critical element of the majority of these studies includes not only methods and procedures to identify the cause of the challenging behavior, but to establish replacement treatment methods. By far the most common intervention in the 176 studies we reviewed was reinforcement. Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) was the most common reinforcement method, followed by differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO). Reinforcement plus extinction was the second most commonly employed treatment followed by functional communication training with or without reinforcement. Researchers proved to be very creative. Forty different treatment methods were employed. The implications of these data are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States. johnmatson@aol.com
authors.forename: Johnny L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Matson
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sipes
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horovitz
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Worley
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kozlowski
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule