steps in shaping - ️️1. identify target behaviors
2. identify current behavior to modify
3. reinforce the initial behavior until it occurs consistently
4. reinforce the next current approximation and stop reinforcing the old approximation
5. continue shaping until you reach target behavior
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CARD ABA
steps in shaping - ✔️✔️1. identify target behaviors
2. identify current behavior to modify
3. reinforce the initial behavior until it occurs consistently
4. reinforce the next current approximation and stop reinforcing the old approximation
5. continue shaping until you reach target behavior
behavioral deficits in Autism - ✔️✔️1. Language
2. pretend play
3. social skills
4. perspective taking
5. executive function
6. fine/ gross motor skills
7. self help
8. school skills
Autism effects how many kids - ✔️✔️1 out of 150
behavioral excesses in Autism - ✔️✔️1. stereotypy
2. non-compliance
3. tantrums
4. aggression both towards others and self-injure
ABA - ✔️✔️the application of principle of behavior to social issues that are socially
important, in order to produce practical change
core principle of ABA - ✔️✔️the consequence to a behavior determents whether the
behavior will increase or decrease.
3-term contingency - ✔️✔️ABC
ABC - ✔️✔️Antecedent, behavior, consequence
DDT - ✔️✔️Discrete trail training
Discrete trail training - ✔️✔️a technique used in aba with a clear beginning and end
3 components of DTT - ✔️✔️ARC
ARC - ✔️✔️Antecedent, response, and consequence
, two types of antecedents - ✔️✔️EO and SD
why do we use DTT - ✔️✔️1. children with autism don't learn as easily by watching
others
2. the more trails presented the more learning opportunities
3. lets kids know they must respond
4. lets kids know of there response is correct
5. helps therapists maintain consistency
6. easy to take and process data
SD - ✔️✔️a command
what are the appropriate ways for presenting SDs - ✔️✔️1. have kids attention
2. avoid pairing child's name with SD
3. present SD with consequence
4. change target SD only when directed by a supervisor
5. SD should be clear and concise
6. child should only respond once the entire SD as been presented
EO - ✔️✔️a condition that makes an item or activity momentarily more desirable
3 types of responses - ✔️✔️1. correct
2. incorrect
3. no response
Guidelines for response - ✔️✔️1. you must be consistent with what is considered
correct
2. be sure that extrenouse behavior is absent
3. limit time between SD and response to know more then 3 seconds
what is the most important part of the DTT - ✔️✔️the consequence
2 possible consequences - ✔️✔️1. reinforcement
2. error correction
reinforcement - ✔️✔️An event following a response that strengthens the tendency to
make that response.
guidelines for delivering reinforcement - ✔️✔️1. limit free access to proffered
reinforcement
2. conduct preference assessments frequently
3. deliver reinforcement with in one half second
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