The aforementioned programs will be scrutinized with regard to specific researched parameters of time-out including use of a warning, location, duration, and release. This critical review will provide practitioners with a basis to evaluate available programs before introducing them to parents or other child specialists. One sign replicates the prompt used in Watson's study and implies what he termed an altruistic contingency. Another sign implies a neutral prompt while the last sign contains a potential punishing contingency. Ongoing data will be presented and inferences made as to which contingency appears to gain the greatest stimulus control over bathroom graffiti.
Results offer simple, cost-effective measures to reduce vandalism in the schools.
This project further investigates the influences of contingencies of negative reinforcement on childhood problem behavior, namely the impact of task demands, social attention, and the interaction between task demands delivered by specific adults. This research was conducted by Joe Kastner as his dissertation under the direction of Dan Tingstrom. Little research however has analyzed specific temporal components within differing MTS procedures with typically developing children. This web site created by NetWorks Web Design Services.