Identifying Client Preference for and Other Stakeholder Acceptability of

1. Identifying Client Preference for and Other Stakeholder Acceptability of Treatments to Decrease Stereotypy JACQUELINE N. POTTER, Gregory P. Hanley, Matotopa Augustine, Casey J. Clay, & Meredith C. Phelps CONCLUSIONS TREATMENT PREFERENCE ASSESSMENT TABLE 1 • No-Differential Consequences Condition • Concurrent-chains arrangement • Six trials per session • Position of colored cards was randomly assigned and rotated clockwise across sessions • All selections (regardless of color) resulted in delivery of the same small edible • Results showed indifferent responding (see figure) • Differential Consequences Condition • Colored cards = differing treatment • Table 1 describes components of each treatment • Terminal link duration - 2 min • Jon preferred: Activities only & Treatment package • Patrick and Edward preferred: Treatment package • Reversal showed indifferent responding once again (see figure) • Participants preferred contexts in which leisure activities were present as well as the treatment package, over a context where reinforcement was not available • Stakeholders agreed that goals, procedures used to achieve them, and results were appropriate, acceptable, and important METHOD & RESULTS (cont.) • Social Validity Assessment with Other Stakeholders • Social validation: the extent to which consumers and stakeholders find a treatment acceptable (Schwartz & Baer, 1991) • The Video • One scene during baseline and one during intervention (total = < 3 min), randomly selected • The Questionnaire • 5 questions with a 7-point scale;1 = Strongly Disagree &7 = Strongly Agree • 1 open-ended question, “Do you have any comments/suggestions?” • Results indicated a high degree of acceptability across responders – Table 2 PURPOSE To assess the social validity of several behavioral treatments with participants and relevant stakeholders PARTICIPANTS • Three males, 17-18 years old, diagnosed with an ASD • Participants engaged in high levels of automatically-reinforced motor stereotypy and previously experienced a treatment component analysis designed to identify the necessary components to decrease stereotypy and increase appropriate play behavior (procedures replicated Hanley et al., 2000) TABLE 2 CHART or PICTURE METHOD • Dependent Variable • Selection – pointing to and making contact with one colored card • Paired-Stimulus Color Preference Assessment • Procedures based on Fisher et al. (1992) • Three moderately preferred colors • were selected for inclusion www.wneu.edu www.necc.org