Document Type
Dissertation
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Dissertation Defense Date
28-8-2024
Advisor(s)
Ahearn, William
Committee Member(s)
Roscoe, Eileen; Thompson, Rachel; Bourret, Jason
Abstract
The general purpose of this study was to determine whether the subtyping methods developed to analyze automatically reinforced self-injury (SIB), described by Hagopian et al. (2015, 2017), apply to stereotypy. The Structured Visual Inspection Criteria were applied to FAs of stereotypy, and the levels of differentiation (LoD) between the alone/no interaction were calculated. Eleven students diagnosed with autism, between 3 and 18 years old, and who engaged in stereotypy, participated in the study. Five students were exposed to the following: Functional Analysis (FA); Augmented-Competing Stimulus Assessment (A-CSA); and Treatment Analysis consisting of two condition types: 1) access to alternative sources of reinforcement; and 2) prompting of functional/contextual engagement. Interventions for the other six students were not informed by the ACSA but were assessed in a treatment analysis of the same two condition types following FA; however, they did not experience an A-CSA prior to the treatment analysis.). The statistics r Pearson score showed a positive correlation between LoDs FA play alone and Treatment 1 (r = 0.71 with p < .01). We discuss the treatments predicted as effective by the subtyping model and LoD analyses.
Recommended Citation
de Man, Tiago, "Outcomes of the Application of Methods of Subtyping Self-Injury Behavior to Stereotypy" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations. 2.
https://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/dissertations/2
