Document Type

Dissertation

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

PhD in Behavior Analysis

Dissertation Defense Date

2023

First Committee Member

Roscoe, Eileen M.

Second Committee Member

Thompson, Rachel H.

Third Committee Member

Bourret, Jason C.

Additional Committee Member(s)

Ahearn, William H.

Abstract

"Low compliance is a common childhood problem and has been shown to be correlated with poor social and behavioral outcomes later in life. One empirically validated method for increasing compliance involves teaching individuals to emit precursors to compliance (e.g., making eye contact). Although this method has been found sufficient for increasing compliance in typically developing individuals, the generality of this approach to individuals with intellectual disabilities remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to assess the generality of this approach by using prompting and reinforcement to teach individuals with intellectual disabilities to emit precursors (sitting, orienting, eye contact, observing response) to compliance. Two tasks were trained in a discrete-trial format for all participants, and instructions were presented remotely via telehealth for two of the four participants. Training precursors was sufficient to increase compliance for two participants, whereas direct teaching of compliance was necessary for the other two participants."

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