Types of Consequences
Adding something to the environment that increases the behavior.
What is Positive Reinforcement?
This environmental variable includes reinforcement and/or prompting intervals-levels and types appropriate to foster independence.
What is degree of independence?
This procedure tends to produce a slight overestimate of the presence of the target behavior and should therefore be used when the goal is to produce a behavior reduction.
What is Partial Interval Recording?
Johnny is nonverbal and uses an AAC device for communication. Johnny hits his one to one every time he wants her to see something on his IPAD. What's a possible FERB for Johnny's behavior of hitting?
Possible FERB ideas:
What is utilizing his IPAD for functional communication to request staff to look at his IPAD or what is signing "Look"?
What is pointing at his IPAD or bringing his IPAD closer to staff?
This procedure includes gradual decreasing of prompting, cueing and reinforcing new behavior while maintaining desired behavior.
What is Fading?
Extra Points: Can you provide a reinforcement procedure with a fading protocol.
Removing something from the environment resulting in a decrease of the behavior.
What is Negative Punishment?
This variable includes a mismatch between learner accommodation needs and instructional components.
What is instructional strategies, curriculum and activities?
This form of data collection analyzes the environmental variables/factors.
What is ABC Method?
Rebecca is a nonverbal middle school student in the functional skills program. When Rebecca is presented with her TEACCH tower and staff walks away, she motions an open hand to her chest and slides her hand down her pants while looking at staff in the room. When staff verbally redirect her she put her hands down her pants or disrobes her pants. Develop a FERB for Rebecca's handsy behavior.
Possible FERB ideas:
What is signaling or using her functional communicate system for adult attention, a walk, or alternative task?
This procedure is defined as reinforcing closer and closer approximations to desired behavior.
What is Shaping?
Removing something from the environment resulting in an increase of the behavior.
What is Negative Reinforcement?
This variable focuses on specific times within the schedule; with or without sequencing and transition supports; absence of a visual schedule; unknown change in routine.
What is scheduling factors?
This form of data collection is used for behaviors which are short (e.g., raising one’s hand), or rather than for extended periods (e.g., reading or playing).
What is Event Recording?
When the recess bell rings, all of Ms. Fritz students line up by Ms. Fritz. While Ms. Fritz takes attendance, Henry runs up behind Billy, but quickly runs away back to the swings. What are examples of a FERB for Billy's elopement behavior?
Possible FERB idea:
What is asking for access to the swings?
What is asking for a longer recess?
What is requesting to use a sensory tool within the classroom?
This procedure includes showing the student under what conditions the behavior should be performed.
What is Cueing?
Adding something to the environment that decreases the behavior.
What is Positive Punishment?
This environmental variable includes sensory under or over stimulation; noise, crowding; temperature, etc; missing or present materials, configurations of furniture; work and work space organization
What is physical setting?
Scenario: Teacher announces to third grade class to line up for recess. All the students line up but Beth. Beth puts her fidget in her backpack, and twirls her hair, reties her shoelaces for 3 minutes until she is reminded by the instructional staff to line up. What type of method of data collection should be used?
What is Latency Recording?
Tiana enjoys making videos and hopes to be a Youtube influencer in the future. When it comes to school, Tiana, absolutely HATES writing. When her English teacher instructs the class to open their chromebook to write an argumentative essay on Great Gatsby, she asks to go the nurse, but instead goes to the School Psychologist's office to Youtube and catch up about her current friend drama. What is an example of a FERB that can drafted for Tiana's behavior of escape?
Possible FERB ideas:
What is asking for a alternative method to demonstrate mastery?
What is asking for alternative assignment?
What is asking the School Psych to stop reinforcing the behavior?! Geez! Did he or she not attend the NBITS series? Doesn't he/she have a billion FBA/assessments to write?
Staff demonstrating the desired behavior for the student.
What is Modeling?
Johnny just finished his in-class assignment for English. The teacher walks by praising Johnny saying "Great job. Now you can work on tomorrow's assignment!" and walks away. Johnny laments, "Oh great!" and put his head down. Now when Johnny is assigned work in his English class he puts his name on the paper and then plays TikTok videos on his phone. Other students notice his engagement on the phone and begin watching videos of social media. As a result his English teacher sends him to the office for being disruptive. Name the consequence.
What is Positive Punishment for Johnny and what is Negative Reinforcement for the teacher?
This setting can include social communication needs of the student matches participation opportunity and provision of necessary supports for social interaction. BONUS! This can also include interaction patterns in or around the student; substitute teacher.
What is social communication and social setting?
Scenario:
George just started Kindergarten. Everytime his mom leaves he cries and can't transition to the classroom.His Kindergarten teacher prompts George to come inside the classroom, but he continues to cry outside. What time of data collection method should you utilize?
What is Duration and Latency?
Gen Ed student, Arthur, elopes from the classroom to the play structure when presented with independent academic tasks, during circle time, wait time, rotations, and when no one is paying direct attention to him. Develop a FERB for Arthur.
Possible FERB ideas:
What is requesting a preferred activity after completing tasks?
What is waiting and staying in the designated area for an opportunity to gain access to a preferred activity?
What is accepting/requesting alternative tasks when presented with a non preferred task while waiting?
A reinforcement procedure that provides reinforcement to the student before performing a desired behavior, which reinforces the adult's escape of the behavior.
Example: Grace likes to yell in the auditorium to hear her voice echoing. Before Christmas break, the school decides to host The Grinch in the auditorium. Grace transitions to the auditorium and sits quietly for the performance. During intermission, the instructional staff with Grace hands her a handful of her favorite reinforcers and says "Here's some goldfish. Keep quiet."
Name the reinforcement procedure.
What is a bride?