Episode 273 - Schedule Thinning and FCR

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Behavioralscience, Education, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Social Sciences, Aba, Science, Specialeducation

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

FCR is amazing and all, but what can be done about the that dense schedule of reinforcement? This week we explore what the research has to say about thinning that schedule using good old discrimination cues and a boatload of gumption. Well, mostly the first part. Plus, a fabulous recent summary of everything you wanted to know about the topic courtesy of Kranak and Brown. Think of us as the audiobook version of their recent article.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Hanley, G.P., Iwata, B.A., & Thompson, R.H. (2001). Reinforcement schedule thinning following treatment with functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 17-38. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-17

Betz, A.M., Fisher, W.W., Roane, H.S., Mintz, J.C., & Owen, T.M. (2013). A component analysis of schedule thinning during functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 46, 219-241. doi: 10.1002/jaba.23

Greer, B.D., Fisher, W.W., Saini, V., Owen, T.M., & Jones, J.K. (2016). Functional communication training during reinforcement schedule thinning: An analysis of 25 applications. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 49, 105-121. doi: 10.1002/jaba.265

Kranak, M.P. & Brown, K.R. (2023). Updated recommendations for reinforcement schedule thinning following functional communication training. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 87-106. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00863-4

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to ABA Inside Track, the podcast. That's like reading in your car, but safer.
0:19.5	I'm your host, Robert Perry Cruz, and with me as always are my fabulous co-hosts.
0:23.9	It's still me, Jackie, 2024.
0:28.1	Hi, it's me, Diana.
0:29.4	Hello, hello.
0:31.0	Oh, boy, and we are all here sitting around the table with a new recording set up for the show.
0:36.5	It's a podcast about behavior analysis and behavior analytic research,
0:39.9	wherever we pick a topic and review some relevant articles.
0:44.3	I'm cutting right to the chase.
0:46.0	I'm going to cut out some of the time that we spend bantering because this week's episode
0:51.0	is all about thinning.
0:53.1	Schedule thinning to be exact. Schedule thinning
0:56.9	in the process of improving and moving along with your functional communication response
1:02.7	training practice. FCRTP, as I like to call it. I love when people say FCT training.
1:12.5	That's like one of my favorite things.
1:14.4	Well, you know, I'm always doing FCT training.
1:16.2	F-C-R-T-T-P because it's a program.
1:20.2	It's the S-T, F-C-R-P-T-T-T, PR-T-X.
1:26.5	The X is for extra useful. Extention. So this week we are going to talk about some
1:33.5	articles related to what do we do with our super great FCR program that kind of hits a wall when
1:38.9	the rate of responding is much too high to transition to real life. And what will we be discussing specifically,
1:49.2	Diana? Okay, so we have a few articles to review today. I'm going to tell you about them in no
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