Functional Communication Part 2: Extending Reinforcement

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Now that we learned how to best implement functional communication, let’s talk about thinning our level of reinforcement. It is impractical to provide the person with an edible, toy, or attention every time they request it, so how do we decrease the frequency of the reinforcer without having relapses with problem behaviors.

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