Intervention goals should be - ANSWER Objective/observable, clear,
complete (OCC)
Objective - ANSWER Observable; measurable
Clear - ANSWER Readable; unambiguous
Complete - ANSWER Describe boundaries of the behavior; include examples
and nonexamples
Social Validity - ANSWER The extent to which target behaviors are
appropriate, intervention procedures are acceptable, and important and
significant changes in target and collateral behaviors are produced.
What should you consider when thinking about social validity? - ANSWER -
Social significance of the goals
- Social appropriateness of the procedures
- Social importance of the effects
Basically: is the client's life changed in a positive and meaningful way?
How do you determine social validity? - ANSWER - Compare client to norms
- Ask consumers to rate social validity
- Ask experts to evaluate client's performance
- Use standardized assessments
- Test client's new skills in the natural environment
Assessments to consider before designing an intervention: - ANSWER -
Medical assessment from a doctor
- Preference assessments
- Reinforcer assessments
- Punisher assessments (if needed)
- Functional behavior assessment (FBA; both indirect and direct)
, - Functional analysis (FA; if needed)
Interventions should be: - ANSWER - Functionally equivalent to problem bx
- Least restrictive and most likely to be effective
- Based on appropriateness and social significance
After implementing an intervention - ANSWER - Monitor progress
- Conduct regular follow-up assessments
Task Analysis - ANSWER Process of breaking a complex skill or series of
behaviors into smaller, teachable units
Different ways to create a task analysis - ANSWER - Watch a skilled person
complete the task
- Consult with skilled experts
- Perform the task yourself
Behavior Chain - ANSWER A sequence of responses in which each response
produces a stimulus change that functions as conditioned reinforcement for that
response and as a discriminative stimulus for the next response in the chain;
reinforcement for the last response in a chain maintains the reinforcing
effectiveness of the stimulus changes produced by all previous responses in the
chain.
Different Chaining Procedures - ANSWER Forward, total-task, backward,
backward with leaps ahead
Steps to teaching a behavior chain - ANSWER - Create/confirm the task
analysis
- Assess learner's baseline level
- Decide which chaining procedure to use
Methods to assess behavior chain baseline - ANSWER - Single opportunity
- Multiple opportunity
Single Opportunity Method - ANSWER - Learner completes task steps. At first
mistake, end trial and mark the rest incorrect
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