Date of Award
12-2012
Degree Type
Creative Project
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Special Education and Rehabilitation
Committee Chair(s)
Sarah Bloom
Committee
Sarah Bloom
Abstract
Noncompliance to teacher directions is an issue in nearly every early childhood classroom. It is necessary for young children to comply with directions so that teachers may assess their knowledge and their progress in the curriculum. Three preschool aged children (N = 3) with developmental delays participated in this study. The high probability command procedure was used with two children and was shown to be successful at increasing compliance. The third child did not show an increase in compliance when the high probability command procedure was used, nor did compliance increase when precision commands (escape extinction) were paired with the high probability command procedure. Positive reinforcement in the form of access to a preferred item finally increased compliance for the final participant. These findings suggest that the high probability command procedure may be an effective behavioral technique for increasing compliance in some children.
Recommended Citation
Teter, Whitney, "The Effects of the High-Probability Procedure on Compliance When Paired with Precision Commands" (2012). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 220.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/220
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This work made publicly available electronically on December 19, 2012.