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Case Reports
. 2011 Spring;44(1):187-92.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-187.

Effects of motivating operations on problem and academic behavior in classrooms

Mandy Rispoli  1 , Mark O'Reilly, Russell Lang, Wendy Machalicek, Tonya Davis, Giulio Lancioni, Jeff Sigafoos
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Effects of motivating operations on problem and academic behavior in classrooms

Mandy Rispoli et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2011 Spring.

Abstract

The current study examined the effects of motivating operations on problem behavior and academic engagement for 2 students with autism. Classroom sessions were preceded by periods in which the participants had access or no access to the items functionally related to their problem behavior. Results suggested that presession access may result in lower levels of problem behavior and higher levels of academic engagement during classroom instruction.

Keywords: autism; motivating operations; problem behavior.

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Percentage of intervals with problem behavior (top two panels) and academic engagement (bottom two panels) for both participants.
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