Chapter 3: Selecting and Defining Target Behavior Flashcards
a form of direct, continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally sequenced account of all behaviors of interest and the antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the clients natural environment (ABC recording)
Anecdotal Observation
ABC Recording
a checklist that provides description of specific skills (usually in hierarchical order) and the conditions under which each skill should be observed. Some checklist are designed to assess one particular behavior or skill area. Others address multiple behaviors or skill areas. Most use a likert scale to rate responses
Behavior Checklist
a form of assessment that involves a full range of inquiry methods (observation, interview, testing and the systematic manipulation of antecedent or consequent variables) to identify probable antecedent and consequent controlling variables. Behavioral assessment is designed to discover resources assets, significant other competing contingencies, maintenance and generality factors and possible reinforcer and/or punishers that surround the potential target behaviors.
Behavioral assessment
an interrelated community of contingencies of R+ that can be especially powerful producing substantial and long lasting behavior changes. Effective bx traps share four essential features 1- they are baited with virtually irreversible reinforcers that lure the student to the trap 2- only a low effort response already in the students repertoire is necessary to enter the trap 3- once they are inside interrelated contingencies of R+ motivate the student to acquire extend and maintain targeted academic and -or social skills and 4- they can remain effective for a long time because students shows few in any satiation effects .
Behavioral trap
an assessment protocol that acknowledges complex interrelationships between environment and behavior. And ecological assessment is a method for obtaining data across multiple settings and persons
Ecological assessment
designates responses as members of the targeted response class solely in terms of their common effect on the environment
Function-based definition
(adjustment) occurs when a person’s repertoire has been changed such that short and long term reinforcers are maximized and short and long term punishers are minimized
Habilitation
as a philosophy and principle, the belief that people with disabilities should to the maximum extent possible be physically and socially integrated into the mainstream of society regardless of the degree or type of disability. As an approach to intervention the use of progressively more typical settings and procedures to establish and/or maintain personal behaviors which are as culturally normal as possible
Normalization
a behavior that when learned, produces corresponding modifications or covariation in other untrained behavior (compare to behavior cusp)
Pivotal behavior
effects of an observation and measurement procedure on the behavior being measured. Reactivity is most likely when measurement procedures are obtrusive especially if the person being observed is aware of the observer’s presence and purpose.
Reactivity
holds that only behaviors likely to produce R+ in the person’s natural environment should be targeted for change.
Relevance of behavior rule
refers to the extent to which target bx are appropriate, intervention procedures are acceptable and important and significant changes in target and collateral behaviors are produced.
Social validity
the response class selected for intervention: can be defined either functionally or topographically.
Target behavior
defines instances of the target response class by the shape or form of the behavior
Topography-based definition
