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Lakshmi Sai Pratyusha Chamarti
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Description of Technique
Differential reinforcement procedures are programs that are used to reinforce acceptable behavior in order to decrease the occurrence of undesirable behavior. Differential reinforcement also ensures that undesirable behavior is not reinforced. A range of problem behaviors, particularly self-injurious behavior is treated with differential reinforcement procedures.
Summary of Research
Differential reinforcement has several variations. The first variation is called Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO). Differential reinforcement of other behavior involves the delivery of reinforcement contingent on the nonoccurrence of the target response for a prespecified interval …show more content…
S., & Vollmer, T. R. (2010). An Investigation of Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior without Extinction. Journal Of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43(4), 569-589.
Boudreau, B. A., Vladescu, J. C., Kodak, T. M., Argott, P. J., & Kisamore, A. N. (2015). A comparison of differential reinforcement procedures with children with autism. Journal Of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48(4), 918-923. doi:10.1002/jaba.232
Johnson, K. A., Vladescu, J. C., Kodak, T., & Sidener, T. M. (2017). An assessment of differential reinforcement procedures for learners with autism spectrum disorder. Journal Of Applied Behavior Analysis, 50(2), 290-303. doi:10.1002/jaba.372

Vollmer, T. R., Iwata, B. A., Zarcone, J. R., Smith, R. G., & Mazaleski, J. L. (1993). The role of attention in the treatment of attention-maintained self-injurious behavior: Noncontingent reinforcement and differential reinforcement of other behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,26(1), 9-21. doi:10.1901/jaba.1993.26-9
Vollmer, T. R., & Iwata, B. A. (1992). Differential reinforcement as treatment for behavior disorders: Procedural and functional variations. Research in Developmental Disabilities,13(4), 393-417.

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