Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
Child and Family Studies
Major Professor
Kimberly Crosland, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Raymond G. Miltenberger, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Andrew Samaha, Ph.D.
Keywords
iPad, Accuracy, Compliance, Escape Behaviors
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to replicate the effects of the study by Neely et al. (2013) and also determine if the tablet served as a reinforcer for three participants with escape maintained behaviors. A multiple baseline with an alternating treatment design was utilized in the first phase in which academic work was completed on either traditional materials or the tablet. The following phases for each participant were dependent on the prior phase, with a final choice phase. All participants showed lower levels of problem behaviors and higher levels of compliance when tablets were introduced contingent upon completing work. For all participants, the tablet was chosen 100% of the time, and two participants had 100% accuracy and compliance while using the tablet.
Scholar Commons Citation
Vo, Hongchau, "The Evaluation of Tablets to Increase Compliance and Decrease Problem Behaviors in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2015). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/6046
