EduPort 2021, 5(2):19-24 | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2021.009

DEMAND FADING AS A TREATMENT FOR ESCAPE-MAINTAINED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR IN A CHILD WITH AUTISM

Karel Pančocha
Institute for Research in Inclusive Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

The article presents a research focused on problem behavior reduction in a child with autism spectrum disorder. Based on functional assessment, it was hypothesized that the target problem behavior primary function was to stop a demand or task in progress. We used a single subject experimental design to evaluate the effects of a demand fading procedure to reduce the occurrence of tantrums and self-injury during natural environment teaching sessions. The intervention included removal of all instructional demands and their gradual reintroduction based on a set criterion of low levels of problem behavior occurrence. The results show that withdrawing all demands and subsequent gradual fading in of instructions during teaching sessions may function as a viable antecedent strategy for decreasing problem behaviors maintained by escape.

Keywords: applied behavior analysis, problem behavior, demand fading, autism spectrum disorder

Published: December 1, 2021  Show citation

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Pančocha K. DEMAND FADING AS A TREATMENT FOR ESCAPE-MAINTAINED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR IN A CHILD WITH AUTISM. EduPort. 2021;5(2):19-24. doi: 10.21062/edp.2021.009.
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