Differential Reinforcement
What is Differential Reinforcement?
Differential Reinforcement is reinforcing desired behaviors while withholding reinforcement for undesired behaviors
What does DRA stand for ?
Differential Reinforcement of Alternate Behavior
What does DRI stand for?
What does DRL stand for?
Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behaviors
What does DRO stand for?
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors
When would you use differential reinforcement of high rates of behaviors (DRH)
When you want to increase a behavior.
When is Reinforcement provided in DRA
Reinforcement is provided for an alternate/ functionally equivalent Behavior.
What is DRI?
Reinforces a behavior that cannot be performed at the same time as the undesired behavior.
When do you use DRL?
Anytime you don't want to completely get rid of a behavior
What is DRO?
Reinforces any behavior that is not the target behavior during a specific period
What is the goal of Differential Reinforcement?
The goal is to increase the frequency of positive actions and decrease the frequency of negative ones
What is the most common DRA?
Functional Communication Training (FCT)
What is the goal of DRI?
Replaces unwanted behaviors with new, incompatible behaviors that are positively reinforced
Your client says hi to every peer/ BT that walks by, how would you lower this behavior?
You can start by reinforcing when your client says hi up to five times then after a week lower it to every 3 times and then end with just one time.
What is the goal of DRO?
To eliminate a behavior
What differential reinforcement provides a substitute behavior
DRI (Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors)
When presented with demand to clean up, your client starts screaming and throwing toys. What can replace this behavior?
Asking for more time (FCT)
What do you reinforce in a DRI?
You can reinforce anything that isnt the behavior you want to decrease
What is the benefit of DRL?
To teach self- control of their actions
Your client starts getting up and screaming, what might you reinforce to decrease this behavior?
Singing, speaking, whispering etc. (Anything other then screaming
What is this an example of
reinforcing a child who asks too many questions with praise for asking only 3 or fewer questions per 30 minutes
DRL ( Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behaviors)
To replace the undesirable behavior the alternative must ____?
Meet the same need, function, purpose or bring the same amount of benefits
Your client engages in self injurious behavior, what is something you can do to prevent those behaviors?
Hand your client a squish toy or something else to hold in their hands. (They cant play with something and hit themselves at the same time)
What is the goal of DRL?
To reduce a behavior
Your client has eloping behaviors, what might you do to decrease these behaviors?
You could start with staying in the room for one minute and reinforce any behavior that is not eloping. And then slowly increase the desired time to stay in the activity.