Unit 9 - Fisher et al. (1993) Article Guide

FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING WITH AND WITHOUT EXTINCTION AND PUNISHMENT

9. Were any interobserver agreement (IOA) data collated? If so, state what percentage of sessions had IOA data, then state the average IOA score and range for each participant.

10. summarize the changes in trend, level and variability for one of the participants.

11. Did the authors collect any follow-up or maintenance data? If so, did the results maintain over time? How do you know?

12. List any of study's limitations.

13. Was this a socially valid experiment or procedure? Why or why not? (Consider habilitation and how the individual's life was improved)

references

Fisher W, Piazza C, Cataldo M, Harrell R, Jefferson G, Conner R. Functional communication training with and without extinction and punishment. J Appl Behav Anal. 1993 Spring;26(1):23-36. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-23. PMID: 8473256; PMCID: PMC1297717.