J. Northup et al., A PRELIMINARY COMPARISON OF REINFORCER ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, Journal of applied behavior analysis, 28(1), 1995, pp. 99-100
We evaluated the relative treatment utility of a verbal forced-choice
questionnaire, child nomination, and direct observation for identifyin
g the most potent reinforcers for children with attention deficit hype
ractivity disorder. Results demonstrated that all three methods were m
ore likely to disagree than to agree, that a forced-choice format may
enhance verbal reinforcer assessment, and that further development and
evaluation of verbal reinforcer-assessment methods are needed.