As a component of reinforcer schedule thinning following functional communication training, multiple schedules of reinforcement produce desirable rates and patterns of communication responses as an alternative response to destructive behavior. However, reinforcement schedule thinning is a gradual process that can take many sessions to obtain therapeutic goals. The desired outcome is that manding occurs only during signaled intervals of reinforcement with a sufficiently lean terminal schedule of reinforcement availability and low rates of destructive behavior. The purposes of this study were to (a) evaluate an assessment for informing the initial duration of extinction for alternative responding, (b) evaluate the utility of competing stimuli during extinction for alternative responding, and (c) assess a method for fading the availability of competing stimuli. With these procedures, all 4 participants experienced terminal schedules of reinforcement with rapid, robust reductions in destructive behavior soon after baseline. We discuss the implications and directions for future research.

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确定然后修改破坏性行为的多个时间表的灭绝部分的程序

作为功​​能性沟通训练后强化计划细化的一个组成部分，多个强化计划会产生理想的沟通反应率和模式，作为对破坏性行为的替代反应。然而，强化计划细化是一个渐进的过程，可能需要很多次才能达到治疗目标。期望的结果是，仅在具有足够精简的强化可用性终端计划和低破坏性行为率的强化信号间隔期间发生强制。本研究的目的是（a）评估评估以告知替代响应的灭绝初始持续时间，（b）评估竞争刺激在灭绝期间替代响应的效用，(c) 评估一种减少竞争刺激可用性的方法。通过这些程序，所有 4 名参与者都经历了最终的强化计划，在基线后不久，破坏性行为迅速、稳健地减少。我们讨论了未来研究的意义和方向。