08. Behavior Change Procedures Flashcards
2 Types of Models
- Planned Models
2 Unplanned Models
Planned Models
Pre-arranged antecedent stimuli that help learners acquire new skills
Unplanned Models
Occur in every day social interactions
Imitation Training
Teaching an individual how to imitate, “do what the model does”
5 Steps of Imitation Training
Assess and teach prerequisites. Select models for training Pretest Sequence models for training Implement Imitation Training
Imitation Training (4-steps)
Pre-Assessment
Training
Post-Assessment
Probes for imitative behavior
Shaping
A process involving systematically and differentially reinforcing successive approximations to a terminal behavior
Successive Approximation
The sequence of a new response class that emerges during the shaping process as a result of differential reinforcement
Response Differentiation
A behavior change produced by differential reinforcement
2 Types of Shaping
- Across Response Topographies (behaviors remain a member the same response class)
- Within Response Topographies (another measurable dimension of the behavior is changed)
Shaping versus Fading
Both change behavior gradually, but shaping by changing response requirements and fading, bu changing antecedent stimuli
Guidelines for Shaping
- Assess terminal behavior and available resources
- Select the terminal behavior
- Determine criterion for success
- Analyze the response class
- Identify the first behavior to reinforce
- Eliminate Interfering and Extraneous Stimuli
- Proceed with gradual stages
- Limit the number of approximations at each level
- Continue reinforcement when the terminal behavior is achieved.
Behavior Chain
A specific sequence of discrete responses associated with a particular stimulus condition, where each response and the associated stimulus condition serve as an individual component of the chain.
3 Characteristics of a Behavior Chain
- Performance of a specific set of discrete responses
- The performance of each response changes the environment in such a way that it produced conditioned reinforcement
- The response in the chain must be completed in the correct order and close in time.
Behavior Chain with a Limited Hold
The chain must be performed correctly and within a certain time
Single Opportunity Method
Assess an individual’s ability to perform each behavior in the task analysis in correct sequence
Multiple Opportunity Method
Evaluates the individual’s baseline level of mastery across all behaviors in the task analysis
4 Behavior Chain Methods (FBBLAT)
Forward
Backward
Backward with Leap Aheads
Total Task
Backward Chaining with Leap Aheads
Same protocol as backward chaining but not every step in the TA is trained, some steps are simply probed
Total Task Chaining
A procedure in which every step in he TA is taught to the individual during every session
Interrupting or Breaking Behavior Chains
A method designed to lesson behavior by unlinking one element of the chain from the next so that one link no longer serves as an SD or conditioned reinforcer for the next link
Behavior Chain Interruption Strategy (BCIS)
Chain is interrupted at a predetermined step so a different behavior can be emitted.
Differential Negative Reinforcement of Incompatible/Alternative Behaviors
Terms that are sometimes used to refer to DR procedures that specifically involve escape as the reinforcer
3 Methods of Increasing Duration of DRO Intervals
- Constant amount of time
- Proportionately
- Session-to-Session change based on the performance of the individual each session
Full Session DRH/DRD/DRL
Reinforcement is delivered at the end of a session, if during the entire session the target behavior occurred at a number equal to or below the predetermined criterion
Ethics Warning: DRH/DRD/DRL
Takes time to implement, do not use for behaviors that need a speedy decrease
DRD/DRL: Do not use with dangerous behaviors
Contingency Dependent
The antecedent is dependent on the consequence of the behavior for developing evocative and abative effects
Contingency Independent
The antecedent is not dependent on the consequences of behavior for developing evocative and abative effects
3 Antecedent Interventions
- Noncontingent Reinforcement
- High Probability request Sequence
- Functional Communication Training
Why use NCR?
Reinforcers that maintain the behavior are freely and readily accessible in NCR, but does not teach new behavior
3 Components of Contingency Contracts (Behavior Contracts) (BRD)
1) Behavior clearly described
2) Reward clearly described
3) Data: Behaviors data
Group Contingencies
A common consequence is contingent on the behavior of 1 member of the group, part of the group, or the whole group.
3 Types of Group Contingencies (DII)
Dependent Group Contingency
Independent Group Contingency
Interdependent Group Contingency
Dependent Group Contingency
The group’s reinforcer is dependent on the behavior of an individual or small group of individuals
Independent Group Contingency
All members of a group are offered a contingency, but only those who meet the contingency earn reinforcement
Ethics Warning: Dependent Group Contingency
Choose students who can realistically meet the criteria otherwise the group may react negatively
Interdependent Group Contingency
In order for the group to earn reinforcement, all of the individuals in a group must meet the criterion of the established contingency
Good Behavior game
The group is divided into 2 or more teams and a DRL is implemented in an attempt to decrease challenging behavior. The group that has the lowest behavior wins.
Good Student Game
Designed to be implemented during independent seatwork periods when challenging behaviors tend to arise.
Self-Management
Employment of behavior analytic interventions to the behavior of oneself
Antecedent-Based Self-Management Tactics (6)
- Manipulating MO’s
- Providing Response Prompts (cues)
- Performing Initial Steps of a behavior Chain
- Removing materials required for undesired behavior
- Limiting undesired behavior to restricted stimulus conditions
- Dedicating a specific environment for a behavior
Self-Monitoring
Procedure in which a person observes their own behavior systematically and records occurrence or nonoccurrence of behavior
Self-Evaluation
Comparison of an individuals performance by him/herself with a pre-determined criterion
Self-Administered Consequences
Providing small and easy consequences for self after reviewing, self-monitoring data
Self-Instruction
Self-generated verbal response, covert or overt, that functions as a response prompt for a desired behavior
Habit Reversal
A multi-component treatment package for reducing unwanted habits that involves identifying events that precede a target behavior and engaging in competing responses
Self-Directed Systematic Desensitization
Substituting one behavior for unwanted behavior
Massed Practice
Forcing oneself to perform an undesired behavior repeatedly
Ethics Warning: Massed Practice
Making a person engage in an undesired behavior repeatedly can be dangerous
2 Types of Prompts
- Response Prompts
2. Stimulus Prompts
Response Prompts
Act on the response itself, not on the antecedent stimuli (verbal, model, physical prompts)
Stimulus Prompts
Stimulus prompts act on the antecedent stimuli and not on the response (Movement, position, etc.)
4 Ways to Remove Response Prompts (MLGD)
Most-to-Least prompting
Least-to-Most Prompting
Graduated Guidance
Delayed Prompting
2 Ways to Remove Stimulus Prompts
Fading and Shaping
5 ABA Instructional/Educational Methodologies
- DTT
- Incidental Teaching
- Direct Instruction
- Precision Teaching
- Personalized System of Instruction
Precision Teaching
A formal, individualized ABA instructional method that emphasizes rate building, charting performance, ad designing and implementing teaching that reinforcers the emission of each specific behavior under all conditions in which it is expected to occur
Principles to Precision Teaching (4)
- It is the teacher’s responsibility to ensure student success.
- Focuses on directly observable behavior
- The measure of performance is frequency
- Uses a standard celeration chart.
Personalized System of Instruction (PSI)
An ABA instructional methodology characterized by self-pacing, use of proctors, unit master, emphasis on the written word, and motivation lectures.
Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) Guidelines
- Self-paced
- Unit mastery is 90%
- Written materials, no lectures
- Proctors used frequently
- Lectures used more for reinforcement
Response Deprivation Hypothesis (RDH)
A model for predicting whether contingent access to one behavior with function as reinforcement for engaging in another behavior
Imitation (FMIC)
Formal Similarity
Model
Immediacy
Controlled Relation