CP 5 Flashcards
What are Baselines?
the rate of behavior in the absence of treatment
Baselines help the clinician…
- Determine the percentages of a client’s correct production of a target behavior
- Determine a percentage of the time the client sustains the target behavior.
What are the two reasons for establishing baselines BEFORE treatment?
- Baselines give a reliable and valid measure of the client’s behavior prior to treatment
- Baselines make it possible to evaluate client improvement, treatment effectiveness or both.
What are the 4 steps to obtaining baselines?
STEP 1
Specify the target behaviors
STEP 2
Prepare the stimulus
STEP 3
Prepare the recording sheet
STEP 4
Administer the baseline trial
What are 6 stimuli that can be used to evoke a response?
- Pictures or objects
- Modeling
- Asking Questions
- Sentence Completion
- Open Ended Questions
- Topic Cards
What are the steps involved in administering an EVOKED baseline trial?
- PLACE the stimulus in front of the client or demonstrate the action or event with objects.
- ASK the predetermined question
- WAIT a few seconds for the client to respond
- RECORD the response on the recording sheet
- PULL the picture toward you or remove it from the client’s view
- WAIT 2/3 seconds to mark the end of trial
- RETURN to Step One to initiate the next trial
What are the steps involved in administering a MODELED baseline trial?
- PLACE the stimulus picture in from of the client or demonstrate the action or event with objects
- ASK the predetermined question
- Immediately, MODEL the correct response (“Johnny, say…”)
- WAIT a few seconds for the client to respond
- RECORD the response on the recording sheet
- PULL the picture toward you and remove it from the client’s view
- WAIT 2 or 3 seconds to mark the end of the trial
- RETURN to step 1 to initiate the next trial
True or False: When taking baseline data, correct responses should be reinforced
False; correct responses should NOT be reinforced in BASELINE data
True or False: Baseline data is calculated through a percentage % of correct responses
True!
True or False: Therapy is similar to taking baseline data EXCEPT you do not provide feedback during therapy
False; you do provide feedback in therapy
What are the steps to a typical therapy trial?
- PLACE the stimulus item in front of the client or demonstrate the action or event
- ASK the predetermined question
- Immediately MODEL the correct response
- WAIT a few seconds for the client to respond
- If the client’s response is correct, REINFORCE it immediately by verbal praise and any other potential reinforcer
- If the client’s response is incorrect, immediately GIVE corrective feedback
- RECORD the response on the recording sheet
- REMOVE the stimulus item
- WAIT a few seconds to mark the end of the trial.
- RETURN to step 1 to initiate the next trial
True or False: If the client responds CORRECTLY, we want to immediately provide positive reinforcement (verbal praise, high fives, candy, stickers…)
True
True or False: If the client responds INCORRECTLY, we want to immediately provide corrective feedback letting the client know what they did was incorrect and how to fix it
True
What is a Target Behavior?
The target behavior is what we are trying to teach the client
Example: production of /s/ in the initial position of words
What is a Target Response?
We teach individual target responses that make up the target behavior
Several target responses must be learned before a target behavior is fully mastered
Example: soup, soap, sun, sail