Alternative behaviors
Specific adaptive and functionally inequivalent behaviors that are taught to replace and/or prevent challenging behaviors.
H.3 Select socially valid alternative behavior to be established or increased when a target behavior is to be decreased.
Dana Do’s: Do Alternative Behaviors Need to be Functionally Equivalent?
Do alternative behaviors always have to be functionally equivalent to the target behavior that we’re trying to reduce or eliminate? PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks in down.
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Functionally-equivalent behaviors
Specific adaptive behaviors that meet the same need (function) and contact the same reinforcement as the challenging behaviors they are intended to replace.