An Evaluation of a Brief Multiple-StimulusPreference Assessment with Adolescents with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (E/BD) in an Educational Setting

Authors

N. W. Paramore
Thomas S. Higbee, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volume

38

Publisher

Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Publication Date

2005

First Page

399

Last Page

404

Abstract

Brief multiple-stimulus-without-replacement (MSWO) preference assessments were conducted with 3 adolescent boys with emotional-behavioral disorders in the context of their public school educational program. The reinforcing effects of stimuli identified as high, medium, and low preference were then evaluated using an alternating treatments design in which, following an initial baseline, stimuli were delivered contingent on on-task behavior. High-preference stimuli produced the highest percentages of on-task behavior for all 3 participants.

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Recommended Citation

Paramore, N.W. & Higbee, T.S. (2005). An evaluation of a brief multiple-stimulus preference assessment with adolescents with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) in an educational setting. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 399-404.