Module 12: What’s Next? Preparing for Upcoming Activities
saying/preparing for what will come or happen next
What is priming?
The process of breaking a skill down into smaller, more manageable steps in order to teach a targeting skill
What is a Task Analysis?
Anything that follows a behavior or response and increases the likelihood that the behavior or response will occur again
What is reinforcement?
A system for delivering reinforcement. The individual receives a token for demonstrating a specific behavior or skill. Once a certain number of tokens have been collected, they can then be exchanged for an item or activity reinforcer.
What is a Token Economy?
When a person’s behavior leads to a favorable outcome without the involvement of another person, thus increasing the probability that behavior will occur again.
What is a primary reinforcement?
“5 more minutes then we do _______.”
What is an example of priming?
Backward chaining, forward chaining, and total task
What are the three main procedures for teaching behaviors in a chain?
An assessment to determine the individual’s indicated preference to reinforcer with
What is a preference assessment?
Child-selected activities, routines, and additional learning experiences
What are the three common opportunities for teaching?
Desired behavior must be demonstrated by the individual in order to receive the reinforcer
What is the definition of contingent?
smoother transitions, establishes order for the clients, lesser anxiety and stress for clients, and builds confidence/expectations for clients
What are some benefits of priming?
the last step in the behavioral chain
Where do you begin to teach for backward chaining?
Something is given or added after the response occurs and increases the likelihood that the behavior or response will occur again.
What is positive reinforcement?
Take tokens off as punishment
What should you NEVER do on token boards?
Continuous and Intermittent
What are the two Reinforcement Schedules?
Review the behavioral expectations before going to the grocery store
What is another example of priming?
Self-help or self care skills, life skills, academic skills, and vocational skills
What are the 4 skills that can be used for chaining?
natural, special interest, tangible, edible, activity, and social
What are some common types of reinforcers?
Recognizing progress along the way by giving reinforcement for attempts at a new skill
What is Reinforcing an Approximate Behavior/Shaping?
Presenting or adding something after a target response increases the likelihood of the behavior occurring again
What is positive reinforcement?
A meal, new activity, when the activity is done with minute intervals, when grandma comes to visit, and the end of the day, the week, or an event
What are somethings that priming can refer to?
Once that step has been mastered
When do you decrease a prompt?
given immediately after a response?
When should the reinforcement be given?
what’s reinforcing for the child can change very quickly. You want to encourage them to be motivated.
Why should you be flexible when changing reinforcements?
Mom removing the last three questions off of homework if the client agrees to sit and finish at least 10 questions
What is an example of negative reinforcement?