Neurological, lifelong, developmental disability characterized by excesses and
Describe ASD in general
deficits
1 in 59 children
Prevalence of ASD
More common in boys 4:1
Lovaas - Early Intensive Behavior Intervention (EIBI); Skinner - operant
Founding Figures in ABA conditioning; Watson - father of behaviorism,; Thorndike - another father of
behaviorism, law of effect; Pavlov - classical conditioning
Social Communication: Impairments in ability to communicate with others
socially. May ask repetitive questions or take what others say literally
Social Interaction: Impairments in how an individual behaves when around
Triad of Impairments
Triad of Impairments
others and how they build friendships. May observe child invading personal
space, or inappropriately touching others.
Social Imagination: Impairments in the ability to engage in flexible thinking
related to perspectives, interests, routines, and rules.
Identify the currently accepted prevalence 1 in 68 per CDC (2016); 1 in 42 for boys and 1 in 189 for girls
of Autism in the
US
The theory that individuals with ASD cannot process more than one piece of
What is Serial Thinking? information at a time.
Break down instructions into smaller steps for the client to complete.
Joint Attention Sharing attention between another person and an object
Typically have normal hearing but struggle to process and make meaning of
Auditory Processing Disorder
sounds.
Connected with IDEA
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Students spend as much time as possible mainstreamed in general education
courses
One annual goal
IEP goals and objectives 3 objectives: objectives are smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout
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Federal Law passed in 1975.
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) Required schools to provide education to eligible individuals with disabilities.
Purpose: Free and Public Education (FAPE)
A= Antecedent (what occurs immediately before a behavior)
What is meant by the 3-term contingency?
What is meant by the 3-term contingency? Matching Law
B= Behavior (any interaction between an organism and its environment)
C= Consequence (what occurs immediately following a behavior)
Satiation: Having your "fill" of something.
Example: if your client always has access to their tablet, they are less likely to
work for the tablet.
Satiation vs. Deprivation Deprivation: Think "deprived". The client has not had continuous access to this
item.
Example: You take away your child's video games for the week. At the end of
the week you tell them if they clean their room, they can have their video
games. They are more likely to clean their room.
Continuous: receives reinforcement after EVERY correct response (FR1)
Interval think time based
Fixed Interval: reinforcer delivered after a FIXED interval of TIME
Schedules of Reinforcement
Schedules of Reinforcement
Variable Interval: reinforcer delivered after a VARIABLE interval of TIME
Ratio think response based
Fixed Ratio: reinforcer delivered after SET number of RESPONSES
Variable Ratio: reinforcer delivered after VARIABLE number of RESPONSES
Extinction No longer reinforcing a previously reinforced behavior.
Shaping Reinforcing closer and closer approximations to the desired behavior.
Forward: used when first few steps are easier than the last. Fade prompts from
the first step, then second step, and so on. Client should independently
complete the first step and BI prompt everything else.
Chaining and the two types
Backward: most common used. Fade prompts from the last step, then second to
last step and so on. BI prompts all beginning steps and client should
independently complete the last step.
Types of prompting (Least-to-most) Positional, Gestural, Model, Visual, Verbal, Physical
Response: performing different behaviors in response to the same stimulus. For
example, being able to respond with sandals, tennis shoes, high heels all in
Generalization and the two types response to the SD "shoes"
Stimulus: performing the same behavior in response to several different stimuli.
For example, recognizing a dog on the television, on a walk and in picture
Break skills down into smaller steps. Teach single, discrete, specific behaviors. Once
What is DTT?
specific behaviors are mastered we chain or shape to get more complex behaviors.
Errorless Learning A therapy strategy that ensures children always respond correctly.
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