A practical strategy to increase participation and reduce challenging behavior during leisure skills programming.

By: Sigafoos, Jeff.
Contributor(s): Bushell, Heidi | Tucker, Madonna | Webber, Yvonne.
Series: Mental Retardation 35 (3) June 1997: 198-209.Publisher: 1997Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR | LEISURE SKILLS | LEISURE | PARTICIPATION | PROGRAMME EVALUATION | PROGRAMMINGSummary: The effects of prompting reinforcer sampling, and assistance on participation and challenging behaviour of two adults with severe disabilities were examined under three conditions during a leisure programme. For baseline, leisure materials were absent, but there was opportunity for social interaction. Next leisure materials were provided, but participants were neither prompted nor assisted to use these materials. During intervention, participation sampled the materials and were assisted to use each item during a five minute prompting sequence. A reversal design demonstrated that the prompting sequence was associated with increased participation and reduced challenging behaviour. These improvements were maintained as the frequency of the prompting sequence was reduced from four times to once per session. [AJ].
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The effects of prompting reinforcer sampling, and assistance on participation and challenging behaviour of two adults with severe disabilities were examined under three conditions during a leisure programme. For baseline, leisure materials were absent, but there was opportunity for social interaction. Next leisure materials were provided, but participants were neither prompted nor assisted to use these materials. During intervention, participation sampled the materials and were assisted to use each item during a five minute prompting sequence. A reversal design demonstrated that the prompting sequence was associated with increased participation and reduced challenging behaviour. These improvements were maintained as the frequency of the prompting sequence was reduced from four times to once per session. [AJ].

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