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Sequencing of Parent Training Procedures

Effects on Child Noncompliance and Treatment Acceptability

Oklahoma State University

Steven A. Hobbs

Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery

H. Stephen Caldwell

Oklahoma State University

The effects of various sequences of time-out and attention on child behavior and on evaluations of acceptability of these techniques were examined using a combined between-and within-subjects design. During treatment periods, mothers administered attention and time-out to their noncompliant children in various sequences (time-out followed by attention or attention followed by time-out), or they administered both attention and time-out concurrently. Results indicated that prior use of differential attention appears to enhance the efficacy of time-out as a response reduction procedure, while prior use of time-out may enable differential attention procedures to maintain reductions in noncompliance effectively. Recommendations are made concerning the optimum use of time-out combined with attention in producing both immediate behavior change and positive treatment evaluations within parent training programs.

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