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Reversal Designs
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Overview
• One of the most important designs you can use• Can be used in a variety of settings• Can be very powerful in detecting changes
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Reversal (ABA) Designs
• Repeated measures of behavior occur in a given setting• Requires at least 3 consecutive phases:• Initial baseline (A)• Intervention (B)• Return to baseline (A)
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ABA / Reversal Design
Frequency
A B A
Time
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ABA Overview
• A Baseline session• B Intervention• A Remove intervention and return to Baseline
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Characteristics
• Initial A (Baseline) session• Behavior must be stable. • Implement intervention when the behavior
is stable• Need to worry about reactance
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Intervention Phase• Implement ONLY after the baseline is stable• Intervention can be anything• Single variable• Multiple variables
• Examine what the behavior does• Goes up• Goes down• Remains the same
• If you are wanting the behavior to decrease (acting out) and the behavior increases may want to remove the intervention
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Points to Note:
• Is a very powerful design• Can immediately observe behavior
changes• Can immediately remove the intervention
if necessary
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A-B-A-B Reversal Design• Is preferred over A-B-A as stronger demonstration• Very powerful non-experimental within-subject design • Can strongly demonstrate a functional relation between an
environmental manipulation and a behavior
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ABA Design with Reversal
Frequency
A B A B
Time
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Logic of Reversal Design
• Involves replication• Independent variable is responsible for behavior change if
repetition of baseline and treatment phases approximate the original phases
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Variations of the A-B-A-B Design
• Repeated reversals• B-A-B reversal design• Multiple treatment reversal designs• NCR reversal technique• DRO reversal technique• DRI/DRA reversal technique
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Repeated Reversals
• A-B-A-B-A-B• Replications present more convincing
demonstration of functional relation• Usually do not need• Can become redundant
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B-A-B Reversal Design
• Doesn’t enable assessment of effects prior to the intervention •May get sequence effects•May be appropriate with dangerous
behaviors• Addresses ethics of withholding effective
treatment• Need to be careful when using
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Multiple Treatment Reversal Designs
• To compare effects of two or more experimental conditions with each other or baseline• Can make design decisions based on on-
going assessment of data• Vulnerable to sequence effects• i.e., A-B-A-B-C-B-C, A-B-C-B-C-B-C• B essentially becomes the baseline• Often creates lots of problems
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NCR Reversal Technique
• Non-contingent reversal • Deliver NCR on fixed or variable schedule
independent of the behavior• Allows you to demonstrate the effects of
contingent reinforcement• Useful when not possible to eliminate
activity used as contingent reinforcement
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Points to Note:
• Advantages: • Clear demonstration of functional relationship• Quantifies amount of behavior change• Shows need to program for maintenance
• Disadvantages:• Irreversibility• Social, educational, and ethical concerns
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Other Issues
• Is not appropriate when independent variable cannot be withdrawn• Sometimes level of behavior from earlier phase
cannot be reproduced again under the same conditions• If suspected, consider DRO or DRI/DRA as controls
or multiple baseline designs
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Withdrawing Effective Interventions• Can be problematic • Social concerns• Must get full support of everyone involved
• Educational and clinical issues• Reversal phases can be very short• For ethical reasons, withdrawal of intervention
may not be appropriate in harmful situations
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Final Points
• Are very powerful designs• Can be combined with other designs• Big advantages: • Get almost immediate feedback about the
effectiveness of your intervention• Person is their own control
• Can be used almost anywhere and with any type of intervention.