At the office
What is our current sensory room policy?
10 minutes at a time
what is 125/4?
31.25
How do we increase appropriate behaviors?
Using effective reinforcement
Define Preference Assessment.
A procedure used to determine the most effective reinforcer for a learner at that moment.
When setting up a play environment, what is your first responsibility?
Your first responsibility is to be fun, silly, reinforcing and engaging. Make it playful!
who was December's employee of the month?
Faith
What's the biggest animal in the world?
Blue Whale
What is a reinforcer?
A stimulus (given or removed) that follows a behavior that increases the future likelihood of that behavior occurring in the similar circumstances.
Item/action that is followed after clients response to increase likelihood of appropriate response to continue in the future.
Define Premack Priciple
First and Then Schedule
What are 4 examples of engagement?
Attention, Tangible, Escape and Automatic
How many plants are in the entire office?
3
What is the deepest part of the ocean in the world?
The Marina Trench
Give an example of no assent and client assent
no assent is when a client pulls away from us, is manding no or to stop, engaging in behaviors
client assent is when the client is willing and open to learning and being prompted with lessons. They're smiling and look for us.
Define Motivating Operation.
An environmental condition, stimulus, or event that alters the effectiveness of a reinforcer.
Change in environment that can alter how motivating the reinforcer can e at that moment.
These activities are popular among which age group?
Collectable toys, building, sports, outdoor activities, reading, video games, and board games.
Ages 6-8
What is the call out procedure?
1. Reach out to admin
2. message in cover my session chat
3. Provide sick time or doctor note
What was the first movie to gross over $2 Billion at the box office?
Avatar
What should you do if you have to transition from playing to toileting?
start with preference assessment on what activity to do next. Prime cx of time left for activity. Place Premack principle of first nonpreferred then preferred activity. Have ABM equipment ready. follow through with transition for preferred activities and reinforcement.
Define Functional Reinforcement.
Reinforcers built into an activity or tasks that mirror the reinforcement in everyday life.
Natural reinforcement
What should be prioritized before effectively teaching?
We must prioritize the learner’s interests and engagement before we can effectively teach.
Magdalena
First man in the moon occurred which year?
1969
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors: Time based interval of no maladaptive behaviors like hand flapping to access reinforcement or preferred item
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behaviors: Reinforcing using replacement behaviors such as clapping instead of flapping hands
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors: Reinforcing behaviors that replace/ combat with maladaptive behavior like holding a box instead of hand flapping.
Define Task analysis and give the 3 chaining procedures used.
a teaching process that breaks down complex activities into a series of simple steps that patients can learn more easily
Forward, Backwards, total task presentation
What are causes of low engagement from the clinician’s side?
Give a common example of what occurs here at the center for double points (VERY SPECIFIC)
Clinician doesn’t yet have the skill repertoire/experience to create engagement opportunities.
• Lack of familiarity / rapport with the learner.
• Uncertainty with lessons/program (i.e. – more time on the iPad).
• Sitting back on during downtime and play time.
• Copying what they see other clinicians and adults do.
•E.g. – In gym, sitting back on their iPad instead of playing with the patient or giving client full access to iPad with no paper data.