High-probability request sequences and young children: Enhancing compliance

High-probability request sequencing is an emerging ABA technique. Increasingly, studies are being conducted on the use of this technique as a means to increase compliance in persons with and without disabilities. Sixteen published empirical studies are reviewed in which high-probability request sequencing was used to increase compliance to requests in children 8 years of age and younger; results across the studies show effectiveness of the technique. A theoretical framework, methodological adequacies, utility, and implications for research are addressed. (C) 2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.