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Riley A. Fergus, William H. Ahearn, Ashley Matthews, Olivia Pandola
(2026).
Functional analysis and treatment of higher level restricted repetitive behavior displayed by individuals with autism.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(3), e70066.
Wiley.
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13 May 2026
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10.1002/jaba.70066
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Riley A. Fergus,
William H. Ahearn,
Ashley Matthews,
Olivia Pandola
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- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
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- 59(3), e70066
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- Wiley
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Abstract
Abstract To date, only one behavior analytic study has systematically examined the use of functional analysis to assess arranging and ordering, which is a form of higher level restricted and repetitive behavior (Rodriguez et al., 2012). The researchers found that arranging and ordering was automatically maintained and developed efficacious interventions that involved some form of prompting and response disruption. The current study applied the Hagopian et al. (2020) treatment model (i.e., augmented competing stimulus assessments) for automatically maintained self‐injury to higher level repetitive behavior. A variety of pretreatment assessments including preference assessments, functional analyses, process‐versus‐product analyses, and augmented competing stimulus assessments were conducted to inform treatment. Following treatment, generalization probes were conducted. For all four participants, efficacious treatments were identified that consisted of providing competing stimuli identified via the augmented competing stimulus assessment.
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