A child is having temper tantrums at home, at school, and at his grandparents' house.After working with the parents for a while, the therapist believes that the child is being rewarded for his tantrums in each setting because his teacher, parents, and grandparents generally give him what he wants just to make him stop yelling.The therapist devises a plan to stop his tantrums but implements the plan at home first, at school the following week, and at the grandparents' home several weeks later.From a research perspective, what is this strategy an example of?

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This is an example of the multiple baseline design, where the intervention is implemented in a staggered manner across different settings or behaviors to establish a functional relationship between the intervention and the behavior change.

A Child Is Having Temper Tantrums at Home, at School