Positive Behavior Support ✔✔ an approach used to support behavior change. The method is not designed to "fix" the person & never uses punishment.
... [Show More] Main idea: teaching someone a more effective/ acceptable bx will decrease problem bx.
Who is a bx support plan for? ✔✔ indv who display challenging bx to the extent that it severely impacts their life.
-can be developed and used at any age.
PBS in a School Setting ✔✔ Proact, Safety Care, Be aware of antecedant strategies, ensure safety of kiddo and others around.
What is a good bx support plan look like? ✔✔ - more proactive strategies than reactive ones
- helps to ensure that the focus of the plan is on providing ways to support the person to have a good life, enabling the person to learn better and more effective ways of getting what they need.
Proactive Strategies ✔✔ Intended to make sure the person gets what they need & includes ways to teach the person appropriate communication & life skills.
Reactive Strategies ✔✔ Designed to keep the person & those around them safe from harm. They provide a way to react quickly when person is distressed & more likely to display challenging behavior.
Functions of Behaviors & Alternatives ✔✔ Sensory:teach them to ask for desired object/ activity, use preferred sensory items to create new activities, have sensory time & structured activity so stimming doesn't take over
Escape:Teach them to say yes/ no, ask for break/ all done, introduce them to a less preferred activity gradually, change the way you ask them to do something
Attention: Teach them to tap/ vocalize sign for desired item; give frequent positive social attn
Tangibles:teach them to ask for object/ activity, Give what they asked for as soon as appropriate, teach them to get something themselves, Make sure they are not left too long w/o food/drink/ something meaningful to do.
What is Discrete Trial Training? ✔✔ a Method of teaching in simplified & structured steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at a time. Each attempt is a "trial".
5 steps of DTT ✔✔ 1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD, environment)
2.Prompt
3.Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
Pros of DTT ✔✔ Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can increase motivation & learning, numerous learning opportunities, can be easily individualized, clear beginning & end to each trial, can minimize failures
Cons of DTT ✔✔ Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks naturalistic reinforcement, difficulty fading reinforcement [Show Less]