title: RESURGENCE OF MANDS FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING.
abstract: Experimental conditions similar to those described by Lieving and Lattal (2003) were used within two experiments to evaluate the resurgence of mands with humans. Two mands from the same operant class were trained with three participants with developmental disabilities during Experiment 1 and with two participants with developmental disabilities and a history of problem behavior during Experiment 2. The two mands were then placed on extinction. Both persisted, but showed different response strength during extinction. The mand with the weaker response strength was targeted for additional functional communication training and the alternative mand was placed on extinction. Following steady levels of occurrence of the targeted mand and no occurrences of the alternative mand, both mands were placed on extinction again. At least one instance of resurgence of the alternative mand occurred with every participant and resurgence of problem behavior occurred for both participants during Experiment 2.
authors.affiliation: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
authors.forename: Wendy K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.affiliation: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.
authors.forename: Joel E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ringdahl
authors.affiliation: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
authors.forename: Anna D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ing
authors.affiliation: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lustig
authors.affiliation: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romani
authors.affiliation: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wacker
authors.affiliation: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.affiliation: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Durako
keywords: Functional Communication Training; mands; problem behavior; resurgence