DRA: Differential Reinforcement of Alternating behaviors

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DRA: Differential Reinforcement of Alternating behaviors

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DRA is differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors which is overall a use of wanting to eliminate bahviors that are not wanted to be in effective anymore(Petscher et al., 2009). It is the most common type of differential reinforcement in order to help with problem behaviors. Often used in those that have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in behaviors that are happening over and over again and are not correct (Garcia et al., 2019). DRA is a strong reinforcement technique that uses extinction to get the wanted behavior.

What is DRA in Applied Behavior anaylsis?

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Any employee at work, Adam avoids tasks that are too hard and long.

A little girl named Sofia yells when she wants a snack.

10 year old Carla has a schedule that she does not want to follow anymore.

Toni yells at in the middle of class in order to gain attention from teacher.