UNDERSTANDING DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN

拟议项目的目的是开发一种准确的方法，以确定建立手术(EOS)对发育残疾儿童表现出的严重破坏性行为的影响。与儿童破坏性行为有关的最重要的状态方程之一是成人注意力的剥夺/满足。其具体目的是分析在儿童被短暂忽视但注意力继续取决于破坏性行为的模拟条件下，Eos对破坏性行为和社会适当行为的影响。6名5至13岁的被诊断为发育障碍的儿童将参与其中。每个科目的评估将在其教室内进行，并将分三个阶段进行。在第一阶段，将进行功能分析，以确定现有的破坏行为的增强剂。在第二阶段，将评估作为破坏性行为的确立操作的注意缺失/存在的影响。将对两种之前的条件进行比较：10分钟不注意和10分钟注意在随后的10分钟忽略条件下的破坏性行为。在第三阶段，将考察破坏性行为的注意力持续时间的影响。我们将比较10分钟注意力和5分钟注意力对随后10分钟忽视条件下破坏性行为的影响。在所有忽视的情况下，每发生一次破坏性行为都会引起S 10-10的注意。评估的每一阶段都将采用单一受试者的实验设计。对于每个科目，评估需要大约17周的时间。拟议项目的结果预计将展示一种有效的方法，用于准确确定Eos对严重破坏性行为的影响。这一方法将被用来开发基于EOS的治疗模型，以便为随后的资助进行审查。

The purpose of the proposed project is to develop a precise methodology for identifying the effects of establishing operations (Eos) on severely destructive behavior exhibited by children with developmental disabilities. One of the most important Eos related to destructive behavior for children is deprivation/satiation of adult attention. The specific aim is to analyze the effects of Eos on both destructive and socially appropriate behavior during analogue conditions in which the child is ignored for brief periods but attention continues to be contingent on destructive behavior. Six children between the ages of 5 and 13 who are diagnosed with developmental disabilities will participate. Assessment for each subject will take place in his or her classroom and will be conducted in three phases. In Phase I, a functional analysis will be conducted to identify the existing reinforcers for destructive behavior. In Phase II, the effects of the absence/presence of attention as an establishing operation for destructive behavior will be assessed. A comparison will be conducted of two antecedent conditions: 10- min no attention and 10-min attention on destructive behavior in subsequent 10-min ignore conditions. In Phase III, the effects of the duration of attention of destructive behavior will be examined. A comparison will be conducted of the effects of 10- min attention and 5-min attention on destructive behavior in subsequent 10-min ignore conditions. During all ignore conditions, each occurrence of destructive behavior will result in 10-s of attention. Single-subject experimental designs will be used in each phase of the assessment. For each subject, assessment will take approximately 17 weeks. The results of the proposed project are expected to demonstrate an effective methodology for precisely identifying the effects of EOs on severely destructive behavior. This methodology will be used to develop treatment models based on EOs to be reviewed for subsequent funding.