UNIT 4 INSTRUCTIONS:
In this assignment, you will play the role of a Behavior Analyst working with a family in the home setting. You have already conducted your interview with the family and have conducted the Functional Behavior Assessment for the behaviors identified in the referral (See Referral Form and Brief Summary of the Functional Behavior Assessment). You are ready to begin your intervention plan, but you need to get the parents’ approval first. In a meeting with the parents, you describe your behavior intervention plan and provide a rationale for your intervention choices. You will prepare a narrated PowerPoint that covers the following topics:
Behavior Excess for Decrease: Skin Picking
1. Define the target behavior by writing a 1–2 sentence operational definition that meets all of the following criteria:
• Observable
• Passes the “Dead Man’s” test and the “stranger” test
• Uses no labels or hypothetical constructs
2. Explain the difference between habit behaviors and behaviors controlled by social reinforcers.
3. Explain how you plan to implement all four components of habit reversal with this client. Include a specific competing response.
4. Explain why you expect this procedure to be effective, including a description of the applicable behavioral principles that explain why habit procedures work to reduce habit behaviors.
Behavior Deficits for Increase: The Mand and the Tact
1. Begin by explaining to the parents the difference between the behavioral view of language and the cognitive view of language. Accurately represent the behavioral view of how language is learned.
2. Define the two verbal operants you plan to teach, i.e., the mand and the tact. Clearly differentiate between the two by providing examples for the parents. Your definitions should include the controlling antecedents and consequences for each verbal operant.
3. Identify which verbal operant you will teach first and explain your rationale for this choice.
4. Explain your procedures for teaching each verbal operant. Include details of what a typical teaching session would look like.
• In your description of how you will teach a mand, identify:
o A specific mand to teach
o How you will set up the relevant motivating operation
o A description of how you will use shaping to teach the new verbal operant
o Include how you will prompt and differentially reinforce the mand (identifying the reinforcement to be used).
o How you will fade your prompts
• In your description of how you will teach a tact, identify:
o A specific tact to teach
o How you will set up the relevant discriminative stimuli
o A description of how you will use shaping to teach the new verbal operant
o Include how you will prompt and differentially reinforce the tact (identifying the reinforcement to be used).
o How you will fade your prompts
BELOW IS WHAT I MISSED IN THE UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENT AND LOST POINTS. SO IF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE INITIAL PAPER I AM PAYING FOR PLEASE ADD IT.
**Missing shaping/differential reinforcement for mand approximations and procedure to be used**
UNIT 6 INSTRUCTIONS:
Case Scenario #1: Jimmy Hates Homework
A family has contacted you, a Behavior Analyst, to help their son Jimmy be more consistent in completing his homework. His parents are specifically concerned about reading and math. Jimmy’s parents want him to read for 20 minutes per weeknight and practice multiplication for 10 minutes per weeknight. Jimmy is currently reading once a week for 20 minutes and practicing multiplication once a week for 10 minutes. He is a typically developing child with normal intelligence and has the capability to read and complete math at grade level. He is choosing not to read and practice math and is instead choosing to watch television, play video games, and chat with friends online. You have decided that a contingency contract is the best plan to change Jimmy’s behavior. Before you write the contingency contract, though, you need to determine what Jimmy’s preferences are and what would likely be an effective reinforcer. You will prepare a narrated PowerPoint that covers the following topics:
1. Compare two types of preference assessments and identify which would be best to use with Jimmy. Describe how you will conduct the preference assessment.
2. Explain to the parents what a contingency contract is, summarizing the purpose and justifying its use by explaining how contingency contracts have successfully been used in research.
3. Develop a contingency contract for Jimmy, including all necessary components:
• Define the target behaviors by writing a 1–2 sentence operational definition that meets all of the following criteria:
o Observable
o Passes the “Dead Man’s” test and the “stranger” test
o Uses no labels or hypothetical constructs
• State how the behaviors will be measured.
• State when the behaviors will be performed.
• Identify the contingency used to change the behavior.
• Identify who is responsible for implementing the contingency.
4. Defend why you expect this procedure to be effective. Include a description of the applicable behavior principles that explain why contingency contracts work.
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