Non Contingent Reinforcement

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This article lead me to think about the use of Non Contingent Reinforcement (NCR) to stop aggressive behaviors. My biggest concern using food as a reinforcer is satiation. What would you do if satiation occurred? In a school setting if you instead gave the client a preferred item to play with, it may distract from lesson or song that is being taught. What other types of reinforcers do you think would work for this situation besides food? Saini et al
In this article brings up the possibility of having inconclusive results for a functional analysis (FA). If you had to deliver the news, that the functional analysis that you conducted, was inconclusive to the client, what would you do and say to encourage the client to let you continue

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