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An Evaluation of Manding Across Functions Prior to Functional Communication Training

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether destructive behavior and manding were maintained by the same social reinforcers. A summary of 10 participants that met criteria for differentiated functional analysis and mand analysis results were included in this study. All participants were preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities who engaged in destructive behavior. All procedures were conducted in the participants’ homes by their parent with investigator coaching. Functional analyses (attention, escape, and tangible test conditions) of destructive behavior and manding were conducted within multielement designs and showed social functions. The functional analysis of destructive behavior and functional analysis of mands identified the same reinforcers for only 2 of the 10 participants. The analysis of mands identified a reinforcer that was not identified by the analysis of destructive behavior for 5 participants (over-identification), did not identify a reinforcer that was identified by the analysis of destructive behavior for 2 participants (under-identification), and identified mixed reinforcers (combination of over-identification and under-identification) for 1 participant. Results suggest that the analysis of destructive behavior and the analysis of mands identified different reinforcers and are not interchangeable.

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  1. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Kelly M. Schieltz, David P. Wacker, Jay W. Harding, Wendy K. Berg, John F. Lee & Yaniz C. Padilla Dalmau

  2. Center for Disabilities and Development, 100 Hawkins Drive, Room 251, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1011, USA

    Kelly M. Schieltz

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This research was supported by Grant RO1- HD029402 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position of policy of that agency. The authors express our appreciation to Agnes DeRaad for assistance with manuscript preparation.

The first author completed an earlier version of this manuscript to fulfill University of Iowa Ed.S. requirements for a Ph.D. degree in School Psychology.

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Schieltz, K.M., Wacker, D.P., Harding, J.W. et al. An Evaluation of Manding Across Functions Prior to Functional Communication Training. J Dev Phys Disabil 22, 131–147 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-009-9181-5

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