Intensity

Question 0

What is Baker’s model?

Answer 0

Considers
•Dose form – what is the type of activity?
•Dose –number of times ‘active ingredients’ or ‘teaching episodes’ occur per session
•Does frequency – number of sessions per day/week
•Total intervention duration

Baker (2012) suggests dose of ~ 70 trials per sessions for 40 sessions

Question 1

What is intensity?

Answer 1

Lots of definitions e.g.
•Number of sessions per week + length of session
•Number of ‘reaching episodes’ per session

•Importance of quality as well as quantity

Question 2

How is intensity determined?

Answer 2

Dose x dose frequency x total intervention duration (e.g. 50 trials x twice per week x 12 weeks