Reinforcement
These items or activities increase the likelihood that behavior will increase and strengthen.
What are Reinforcers?
A baby cries when mom leaves the room.
What is Attention?
Using only the first letter sounds of the word to prompt.
What is a Phonemic/Partial Verbal Prompt?
Using your hands to communicate.
What is sign language?
We use prompting and differemtial reinforcement to increase desirable behavior during this stage in treatment.
What is intervention?
You put on sunscreen to avoid a sunburn.
What is Negative Reinforcement?
When a boy drops to the floor in the store, his mom buys him candy so he gets up. In the fututure the boy will drop on the floor to get candy.
What is access to tangible?
Mom tells her son to pick up his toys using a series of hints.
What is indirect prompting?
A deep breath. Crossed arms. Wrinkled forehead.
What are social cues?
When data is inconsistent.
What is variability?
High Fives and Hugs after using the potty for the first time.
What is Positive Reinforcement?
The girl refuses to clean her room.
What is avoidance?
You use your finger to prompt the child.
What is a Gesture Prompt?
We speak with our bodies.
What is body language?
Little Bobby learns to use the toilet at home. He now goes by himself at school. He is beginning to get comfortable using the bathroom at the movie theatre.
What is generalization?
The girl receives a token each week her room is clean. She redeems the tokens for $20 at the end of the month.
What are secondary reinforcers?
What is a schedule of reinforcement?
The student is able to sit at his desk after going for a walk.
What is sensory?
When mom shows you how to brush your teeth.
What is a Model Prompt?
An organized set of symbols that are used in books, on road signs and on clothing.
Whats are words/letters?
When we deliver the same prompt across different people achieving the same result.
What is consistency?
Dad doesn't give his son a cookie when he cries, only when he is calm and asks.
What is Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior?
Dad corrects his son every time he yells in the house. The boy continues to yell in the house more.
What is attention?
Using words, icons or photos to assist with a task or making requests.
What are Visual Prompts?
The child points to an image to request a break.
What are icons? (PECS - picture exchange communication system)
When a new goal is introduced, we collect this data.
What is baseline?