objective: the purpose of this study was to identify reasons domestic violence occurs within intimate relationships. methods: the target group was female victims and male offenders. the offenders group consisted of 25 men from a batterer’s intervention group. the victims group composed of 9 women from center against spouse abuse (casa) intervention group. results: domestic violence occurred at ...

background and aim: function-based inter­vention have been shown to have positive increase in social skills of children with behavi­oral problems. the same findings can be potentially applied to the deaf and hard of hearing (d/hh) children. the present study examined the efficacy of differential reinforce­ment of alternative behavior (dra) on the on-task behaviors of deaf and hard of hearing st...

Although the use of differential reinforcement has been recommended in previous investigations and in early intervention curriculum manuals, few studies have evaluated the best method for providing differential reinforcement to maximize independent responding. This paper reviews previous research on the effectiveness of differential reinforcement as treatment and describes important areas of fu...

Consumption of solids and liquids occurs as a chain of behaviors that may include accepting, swallowing, and retaining the food or drink. In the current investigation, we evaluated the relative effectiveness of differential reinforcement of the first behavior in the chain (acceptance) versus differential reinforcement for the terminal behavior in the chain (mouth clean). Three children who had ...