Philosophical Underpinnings
Emily takes an approach to teaching where she considers the thoughts and feelings of her learners, not just physical behaviors
Private Events/Radical Behaviorism
Joey has a set of pictures and his technician will update a laminated sheet with the picture for the place he is currently in, and with a picture for where he is going next
Visual Schedule
Timmy gets piece of candy for every four math problems he completes
Fixed Ratio of 4
Bob has been getting Goldfish as a reward for completing trials in a DTT setting, but as the session goes, the Goldfish become less effective
Satiation
Reinforcing hand raising using positive praise and putting "shouting out" on extinction by ignoring it is an example of
Different Reinforcement (DRA)
Prior to restructuring her entire prompt hierarchy and teaching procedure for ZiKo washing his hands, Taylor goes to observe session and see if the technician is implementing the procedure correctly
Parismony
Natalie typically provides her learner with something she likes as a reinforcer, contingent on her completing something Natalie needs her to do first
Premack Principle
Yolanda gives Bill a headrub every five minutes while they watch tv on the couch
Fixed Time of 5 minutes
Ricky has been working with his technician and BCBA for over 2 years, and they realize that unless they show him a reward is available, he is refusing to do tasks
Reward Dependency
The circle time leader provides each kiddo who attended for at least the goodbye with a goodie bag full of sensory toys
Independent Group Contingency
Before deciding what to do next for GaGu's behaviors, Allison takes a look at both his behavior data and his manding data over the last three months
Empiricism
Brittany consistently provides her learner with warnings 5, 3, and 1 minute before transitioning to another location
Priming
Mr. Langer checks in on the class while they take their English test, about every 3 minutes, and gives everyone 1 extra credit point if he sees them complete a question after he checks in
Variable Interval of 3 minutes
Wilhelm has been receiving ECT (electro-convulsive therapy) at an outpatient facility for the last 2 years. He begins attempting to attack his parents in the car whenever they drive towards/near the facility.
Aggressive Outbursts
Joe is good athlete, but has never played basketball. His new conditioning coach wants him to play basketball as a way to stay in shape, so he works with Joe on his jump shot, beginning by gradually improving his form with positive praise, as Joe has never shot a basketball before
Shaping Across Topography
A BCBA believes that non-behavior analytic concepts can't be applied to ABA sessions because ABA should focus on measurable and observable behaviors
Methodological Behaviorism
Ahmed has been trying to leave work without doing his cleaning task for 3 weeks, so Taylor writes up a document that tells him what he needs to clean after session, as well as what the reinforcement will be for completing his cleaning task for 5 consecutive days
Contingency Contract
Cami's grandma takes her to Chuckie Cheese whenever she asks (once per day they spend together though), but her mom will only take her once per week, even if she asks a bunch.
Multiple Schedule of Reinforcement
Bronny is used to getting a vanilla latte from Starbucks. When he goes in on Monday morning, the delivery truck hasn't come yet and there is no vanilla flavoring. He leaves and goes to 3 other coffee shops in search of a good vanilla latte
Extinction Induced Variability
Kerry is working on teaching her kiddo to request, but at this point, her kiddo does not request spontaneously. Most of her kiddo's requests come after Kerry asks her question, like "What do you want?". These requests are....
Impure Mands
Alyssa works with BoBo, who is confined to a wheelchair. When working on toileting, instead of having him stand and lean on the toilet, Alyssa teaches him to roll backwards towards the toilet, and then mount on to the toilet from the side, since this works better for BoBo
Pragmatism
Hannah gives her learner a couple "big jumps" on the trampoline, and then stops and waits for her learner to begin asking for the big jumps because she liked them so much.
Joe has a choice of asking to go outside and play or staying in his room and playing video games. When it's raining, he typically chooses to stay inside and play video games because his parents rarely reinforce him asking to go outside.
Matching Law
Sarah notices that Jenny has been getting compliments on her hair at work, whenever she curls it. Sarah begins curling her own hair going forward.
Vicarious Reinforcement
Anytime Timmy's dad is doing ANYTHING outside of his house that he doesn't like (yardwork, taking trash out, picking up dog poo), Dinkleberg pops his head out of the window and gives him a hard time. Timmy's dad now avoids doing any of these things when Dinkleberg's car is in the driveway.