Abstract:Physical guidance is a common treatment component to treat destructive behavior reinforced by escape from demands. Despite its demonstrated effectiveness in behavior reduction and skill acquisition programming, physical guidance may be contraindicated in some situations (e.g., touch aversion, large stature, history of physical abuse). The present study systematically evaluated the efficacy of alternative instructional strategies to teach chained tasks to four participants. A multiple opportunity probe (MOP), a… Show more
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