Refinements of Functional Communication Training
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Aggression
Self-injurious Behavior
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 3 – 17
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 24 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Other
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About This Trial
Although treatments for problem behavior, like functional communication training (FCT), can be highly effective in the clinic, changes in the way the FCT is implemented (e.g., when transferring treatment to the home, when teachers implement treatment with poor fidelity) can result in treatment relapse. The goal of this study is to evaluate whether using treatment signals and gradually introducing …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Boys and girls from ages 3 to 17
* Destructive behavior that occurs at least 10 times a day despite previous treatment
* Destructive behavior reinforced by social consequences like attention (FCT is not appropriate for automatically reinforced destructive behavior)
* On a stab…
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