Recent Research in the Application of ABA to Increase Physical Activity matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in adult services and community participation. In Recent Research in the Application of ABA to Increase, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →In this symposium, researchers will describe studies in which they evaluated ABA approaches for increase physical activity. In the first presentation, Maddy McCullen will describe her research evaluating self-tailored deposit contracts for increasing physical activity in neurotypical adults and reinforcement thinning for maintaining intervention gains. Her results show increases in step count for all three participants and some degree of maintenance for all participants. In the second presentation, Emma Walker will describe research evaluating the effects of synchronous schedules of music reinforcement for movement on a treadmill with neurotypical young adults. Following a preference assessment, some participants had access to high-p music for increasing or decreasing pace while other participants had access to low-p music contingent on increasing or decreasing their pace. Results showed that high-p music participants adjusted their pace to keep the music going and the low-p music participants were more likely to adjust their pace to avoid music. In the third presentation, Emma Walker will discuss a study in which the researchers evaluated the effects of synchronous music reinforcement on pace on a treadmill with young adults with ASD. Following a preference assessment, the researchers made high-p music contingent on increased or decreased pace on the treadmill. They then replicated the procedures with music from the participants' own playlists. The results showed moderate schedule control with high-p music provided by the experimenters and greater schedule control with music from the participants' own playlists.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
| FL MH/PSY | 0 | — |
Ellie Warmund is a master's student in ABA at the University of South Florida. Her research interests are in health, sports, and fitness with an emphasis on dance performance.
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