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 founder Dana Meller breaks it 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.