Effects of punishment and response-independent attention on severe problem behavior and appropriate toy play.

Doughty, Shannon S.; Poe, Susannah Grimm; Anderson, Cynthia M.

doi:10.1037/h0100303

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“…This outcome is promising, given the potential ethical issues associated with continued, regular exposure to punishment contingencies (e.g., aggression, escape and avoidance, development of new behavior typographies; Cooper et al, 2007). Furthermore, in one study (Doughty et al, 2005) punishment was thinned to a less-restrictive procedure, with no detrimental effects. However, it is important to note the difference between this purposeful change in contingency (i.e., implemented systematically and driven by data) and unintentional lapses in treatment fidelity, which might result in intermittent reinforcement of CB (and thus strengthen it; Cooper et al, 2007).…”

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A Systematic Review of the Ethics of Punishment-Based Procedures for Young Children With Disabilities

Pokorski

Barton

2020

Remedial and Special Education

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Punishment-based procedures are used to reduce challenging behavior in both special education and applied behavior analytic practices. Although commonly effective, these interventions are associated with an increased level of risk, making their use controversial. However, no research has specifically analyzed the extent to which researchers comply with the ethical standards of the professional organizations for special educators and behavior analysts (i.e., Council for Exceptional Children [CEC] and the Behavior Analyst Certification Board [BACB], respectively) when implementing punishment-based procedures. This might be especially important for young children with disabilities, who are a highly vulnerable population. We systematically analyzed the use of punishment-based procedures with this population to determine (a) characteristics of included children and treatments and (b) the degree to which researchers adhered to ethical standards during implementation. Results indicated a variety of punishment-based procedures have been used with this population and have generally resulted in decreased challenging behavior; these results were demonstrated across age, diagnosis, target behavior, and treatment type. However, researchers demonstrated minimal adherence to ethical standards, with no improvements over time. This indicates a need for improved ethical rigor of researchers implementing punishment-based interventions. Recommendations include (a) the creation and validation of an ethics code to assess the degree to which researchers demonstrate ethical practices, and (b) the development of tools to help practitioners recognize the ethical implications of punishment-based interventions and choose/implement appropriate interventions for behavioral interventions.

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A Systematic Review of the Ethics of Punishment-Based Procedures for Young Children With Disabilities

Pokorski

Barton

2020

Remedial and Special Education

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“…Doing so increases transparency. Legal guardians or competent clients have the right to terminate FA sessions before the behavioral or medical termination criteria are met (Doughty, Poe, & Anderson, 2005). Consultations with medical professionals allow for the development of medical termination criteria (Khang et al, 2015), or ongoing medical examinations during the FA (Iwata et al, 1994).…”

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Functional analysis: A need for clinical decision support tools to weigh risks and benefits.

Wiskirchen¹,

Deochand²,

Peterson³

2017

Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

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Appropriate safety precautions should be used when conducting a functional analysis to protect the client and for ethical practice. There are few, if any, explicit protocols offered to behavioral practitioners that consolidate the safety recommendations documented in the literature. Furthermore, beyond collecting a list of safety considerations, guidelines as to when to use these considerations are also lacking. What is needed is a more formal risk-benefit assessment procedure for practitioners. The term risk assessment can be used to describe both the safety considerations, and the decision-making process to ensure that a functional analysis is conducted in a safe, ethical, and empirically sound manner. We define the risk assessment, clarify the need to formalize this assessment, and discuss 4 specific domains that should be included in a risk assessment to identify potential risk to clients.

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Comparing Functional Behavior Assessment-Based Interventions and Non-functional Behavior Assessment-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of Outcomes and Methodological Quality of Studies

Jeong

Copeland

2019

J Behav Educ

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Effects of punishment and response-independent attention on severe problem behavior and appropriate toy play.

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

A Systematic Review of the Ethics of Punishment-Based Procedures for Young Children With Disabilities

A Systematic Review of the Ethics of Punishment-Based Procedures for Young Children With Disabilities

Functional analysis: A need for clinical decision support tools to weigh risks and benefits.

Comparing Functional Behavior Assessment-Based Interventions and Non-functional Behavior Assessment-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of Outcomes and Methodological Quality of Studies

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