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Noncontingent Reinforcement as Treatment for Tub-Standing in a Toddler
- Education and Treatment of Children
- West Virginia University Press
- Volume 31, Number 2, May 2008
- pp. 213-222
- 10.1353/etc.0.0013
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The present case study investigated whether the tub-standing of a typically-developing toddler could be reduced by a noncontingent reinforcement procedure. The results of a brief functional analysis suggested that tub-standing was maintained by automatic reinforcement. Noncontingent reinforcement, consisting of presentation of bath toys on a fixed-time schedule, was effective in reducing the number of tub-stands per session. These results suggest that noncontingent reinforcement can be successfully applied to problem behavior in typically-developing children in naturalistic settings.