We conducted a functional analysis of severe problem behavior (aggression, disruption, and self-injury). The analysis examined four potential socially mediated functions: attention, escape, receipt of tangible items, and restoration of environmental items. Restoration involved the experimenter replacing missing puzzle pieces, ring stacker rings, and shape sorter blocks without giving the items to the participant. An initial multielement functional analysis, followed by a brief pairwise comparison identified restoration of environmental items as the variable maintaining the participant's problem behavior. Subsequently, we conducted brief functional communication training to teach the participant to mand for restoration of disturbed items in the absence of problem behavior.

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环境恢复作为仪式环境的强化剂

我们对严重问题行为（攻击性、破坏性和自伤）进行了功能分析。该分析考察了四种潜在的社会中介功能：注意力、逃避、有形物品的接收和环境物品的恢复。恢复过程包括实验者更换丢失的拼图、环形堆叠环和形状分类器块，而不将物品交给参与者。最初的多元素功能分析，随后进行简短的成对比较，确定环境项目的恢复是维持参与者问题行为的变量。随后，我们进行了简短的功能沟通训练，教参与者在没有问题行为的情况下要求恢复被干扰的物品。