Educational Research
Single-Subject Critique
Establishing Discriminative Control of Responding Using Functional and Alternative Reinforcers During Functional Communication Training
Wayne W. Fisher, David E. Kuhn, and Rachel H. Thompson
Appropriateness of research question or purpose:
The purpose of this research was interesting and of value as it focused on problems that often occur when Functional Communication Training (FCT) is in use. This study sought to find effective solutions as desired “. . .response[s] may be weakened and destructive behavior[s] may reemerge . . .” when reinforcements of communication are delayed or denied due to impossibility or inconvenience of the caregiver or instructors ability to provide said reinforcement in a timely manner. “. . .procedures are needed to increase the effectiveness of FCT in situations in which it is impractical or impossible to deliver a given reinforcer.”
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