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Behavior Analysis in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This article examines the practice of behavioral analysis in individuals who have been diagnosed with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and the most utilized treatment strategies that impact cognitive deficiencies in their overall quality of life. The researchers involved in the study examined roles adhering to adaptive behaviors such as motivation, instruction, comprehensive skill training. It was determined that motivation is most integral to development through the utilization of positive and negative reinforcement. Prompting, which is most often associated with instruction (another adaptive behavior) is a process by which individuals receive frequent
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The administration of several techniques proved to be beneficial for subjects who participated in the study. The results demonstrate that the procedural tasks, such as one application of noncontingent reinforcement and extinction and a separate application of differential reinforcement of alternative behavior and extinction, were able to diminish or extinguish problem behaviors such as self-inflicting injuries, aggression, and noncompliance. The results of the case study provided strong evidence when considering that the patient was diagnosed with profound retardation while also experiencing severely limited cognitive deficits. Through the utilization of an amalgamation of multiple techniques, a patient can achieve near-zero results or even a possible extinction of a problematic behavior. The need to expound on this research appears necessary to further understand which techniques best contribute to the long-term prognosis of individuals afflicted with IDD. When replicating these studies in future research endeavors, a further examination of procedural tasks and treatments will likely lead to further scientific