Student Research Symposium Program Portal: Submission #226

Submission information
Submission Number: 226
Submission ID: 9074
Submission UUID: 19b5f3cc-393a-4f90-98c7-7b733f8f9863

Created: Fri, 01/30/2026 - 06:41 PM
Completed: Fri, 01/30/2026 - 09:47 PM
Changed: Fri, 01/30/2026 - 09:47 PM

Remote IP address: 2600:8807:9203:7000:7dad:d797:977b:2718
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

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Reagan
Hodges
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reh25c@fsu.edu
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Psychology ABA - MS
Reagan Hodges has been a Registered Behavior Technician since July of 2024. She is a 2025 Graduate of Troy University with a BS in Psychology and a minor in Applied Behavior Analysis. She is currently a graduate student at Florida State University working on her MS in Psychology-Applied Behavior Analysis.
Decreasing Fingernail and Skin Picking During Academic Activities Through Replacement Behaviors
This self-management project examines a differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors (DRA) procedure aimed to decrease fingernail and skin picking during academic activities. The student self-recorded all instances of the target behavior and hypothesized the behavior to be automatically reinforced. Intervention consisted of having the student engage in the alternative behavior of playing with putty. The results found that the putty served as an effective alternative behavior to fingernail and skin picking, evidenced by a decrease in fingernail and skin picking.
Leah Koehler, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Florida State University
Applied Behavior Analysis
lkoehler@fsu.edu
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Self-Management, Differential Reinforcement, Skin Picking
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Face to Face Poster session
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2026
5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17, 2025
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