Thinning Schedules of Reinforcement Following Functional Communication Training for Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Meta-Analytic Review
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders
Muharib, R., Alrasheed, F., et al. (2019).
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 49(12), 4788-4806.
This systematic review investigates functional communication training in children with developmental disabilities.
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1985 to 2018
Experimental studies
28
<div>Over half of the participants of the included studies were on the autism spectrum (51%) and the remaining participants were diagnosed with an intellectual or other developmental disability. Thinning reinforcement schedules following functional communication training was reported to have moderate effects (ES) on challenging behaviors (ES = 0.49) and functional communicative responses (ES = 0.56). These results indicated that reinforcement thinning procedures can be potentially effective to decrease challenging behaviors and increase functional communicative responses. Thinning reinforment schedules was most effective when children had stronger communication repertoire</div>
