Barriers
Difficulty focusing or paying attention
What is inattentive?
the process of breaking down a complex behavior or skill into smaller, manageable steps.
What is task analysis?
when a person's motor skills are delayed or impaired
What is motor skills deficit?
These behaviors are repetitive and involve the body or objects.
What is stereotypic motor behavior?
adding or removing a stimulus following a desired behavior to increase the likelihood that the behavior will occur again.
What is reinforcement?
A situation where an individual relies heavily on cues or prompts to complete a task or behavior
What is prompt dependency?
starting with easier tasks that the individual is more likely to complete successfully and then following up with a challenging task.
What is behavior momentum?
a significant difficulty in understanding and responding to social cues, initiating and maintaining conversations, interpreting facial expressions, and engaging in appropriate social interactions,
What is social interaction deficit?
Involves engaging with objects in a repetitive manner.
What is repetitive manipulation of objects?
Used to manage time-based interventions or as an antecedent intervention.
What is [using a] timer?
Selecting a choice without looking at all the options or searching for the answer.
What is impaired scanning?
reinforcing successive approximations of a target behavior
What is shaping?
refers to their ability to produce language themselves, such as speaking, signing, or using gestures to communicate their wants and needs
What is expressive language?
repetitive behavior in which a person repeats words or phrases from others.
What is scripting?
rewarding individuals with tokens (like stickers, points, etc.) for desirable behaviors. These tokens can later be exchanged for a larger reward, such as a toy or privilege.
What is token economy?
a behavior pattern where an individual produces a series of incorrect responses before eventually providing the correct one
What is scrolling?
involves physically preventing a behavior from happening altogether
What is response blocking?
To have no form of communication
What is non-verbal?
repetitive behaviors that people feel compelled to perform in response to obsessive thoughts.
What are compulsions?
a tool that uses pictures, symbols, or written words to represent tasks, activities, or events in a structured order.
What is a visual schedule?
a situation where an individual shows a significantly reduced or unusual desire for typical reinforcers, meaning they are not motivated by things that would normally be considered rewarding
What are weak or atypical MOs?
is a strategy where a behavior is interrupted and redirected to a more appropriate response
What is response interruption and redirection?
refers to a person's ability to understand and comprehend spoken or written language (like following directions)
What is receptive language?
any non-functional or non-contextual speech. This includes repetitive grunts, babbling, singing, squeals, and phrases that are not relevant to the current situation.
What is vocal stereotypy?
refer to strategies that modify the environment or change specific conditions before a behavior occurs, in order to prevent or reduce challenging behaviors.
What are antecedent interventions?