Functional Communication Training Response Paper

In this article the author’s purpose was to test two different teaching methods of functional communication training responses. The two different methods that were compared was single and multiple response. Ashby was a little boy who was diagnosed with a mental disability. He was referred for the study by a unit, to treat his self-injurious behavior. For the study Ashby’s alternative mand was for him to use picture communication symbols (PCS). He was told to make a sentence by using “I want” picture with a picture of the item. After, the sentence was formed he had to say it out loud to receive the reinforcer. Each session was led in the unit where Ashby stayed.
Before each FCT condition Ashby was taught to do the alternative mand using a learning