Abstract
Noncompliance, or doing anything other than what is described in an adult-delivered instruction, is the most common childhood behavior problem. Assessment of noncompliance involves identifying the instructions which evoke it and the environmental conditions under which it occurs. Assessment can be accomplished via indirect, direct, or experimental methods. Interventions to increase compliance can be categorized as either antecedent or consequence-based procedures. Antecedent-based procedures include advance notice, rationales, and the high-probability instructional sequence. Consequence-based procedures include guided compliance and differential reinforcement. This chapter provides an overview of noncompliance, its assessment, and treatment options for clinicians.
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Wilder, D.A., Clark, R.J. (2023). Noncompliance. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24926-6_38
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