Fitting In Clinical Applications 4

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Strategy Augmented competing stimulus assessment (Hagopian et al., 2020) Choice-making intervention for restrictive behaviors (Fisher et al., 2019)
Description of implementation and outcomes

If you find a reason not to wear winter gear, you can effectively make Michael wear winter gear.
  • Implementation is graduated ensuring the least-restrictive intervention, beginning with the asymmetrical choice condition. It is possible, but unlikely, that the intervention will not need to advance any further.
  • Physical prompting is used and also escape extinction, which will require the learner to remain in the chair for the duration of the interval. If problem behavior occurs, the trial intervals might be lessened to minimize the use of escape extinction.
  • A highly desired reinforcer, such as a tablet, will need to be used.
Possible clinical obstacles
  • Fading the reinforcer may present an obstacle.
  • Generalization to natural contexts is unknown.
  • The alternative choice could become the new restrictive behavior (alternating alternative choice options may avoid this issue).