G-E-T A C-A-B Generality is that the behavior carries over into other contexts other than just the training environment. Behavior change proves durable over time, appears in a wide variety of environments, or spreads to a wide variety of related behaviors. Focuses on lasting effects over time. Has the intervention been tested over time? Effective […]
It is difficult to shield our children from incessant media coverage increasing their risk of experiencing secondary trauma. Our data-streaming world assures that our kids are well-aware of the most recent school shooting incident. So, how can parents help their kids feel safe at school? Discussion Tips Choose a setting to have a discussion where […]
An establishing operation (EO) is a motivating operation that increases the value of a reinforcer and increase the frequency in behavior that provides access to the reinforcer (Cooper, Heron & Heward, 207, p. 695). An example of an EO is skipping lunch and having an empty stomach. By being hungry it increases the value of […]
A group contingency is a behavior management protocol where a single consequence (it can be a reward or aversive) is given based on either the behavior of an individual in a group, the behavior of a particular set of people within the group or the group as a whole. The entire group receives the consequence. […]
Don Baer is one of the “fathers of generalization.” In 1999, he wrote: “Learning one aspect of anything never means that you know the rest of it. Doing something skillfully now never means that you will always do it well. Resisting one temptation consistently never means that you now have character, strength, and discipline. Thus, […]
Multiple exemplar training: A teaching style, for the benefit of generalization, uses a variety of stimulus and response outcomes. For example, teaching a child to say, “hello” and / or wave to the stimulus of both to someone waving hello and saying, “howdy.” General Case Analysis: Is a systematic way of teaching examples that represent […]
A contingency can be either a reinforcement or punishment that occurs after a behavior has been expressed by an individual or group. A naturally existing contingency, in layman’s terms, “natural consequence” happens without the manipulation of the behavioral analysts. Such an example would be, hitting the snooze button makes you late for work which causes […]
Baer, Wolf, and Risely (1968) included “generality of behavior change” as one of their 7 dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Generalization of behavior change occurs when that behavior occurs outside of the learning environment. Generalization can happen across 1) settings, 2) time and 3) across people and exists when the behavior occurs in these various […]
The New Year is upon us and along with it linger our New Year’s resolutions. Have you already considered discarding your goals this year due to lack of progress? Maybe you haven’t even set any yet because they haven’t worked in the past. It is not too late to set a few solid New Year’s […]
A schedule of reinforcement is a rule that describes how often the occurrence a behavior will receive a reinforcement. On the two ends of the spectrum of schedules of reinforcement there is continuous reinforcement (CRF) and extinction (EXT). Continuous reinforcement provides a reinforcement each and every time a behavior is emitted. If every time you […]
The concept of reinforcement is one of the most important and utilized principles in applied behavior analysis. The most basic definition of reinforcement is that a type of behavior (R) is followed by a reinforcement (S^R) there will be an increase in the future frequency of that behavior. Reinforcement can be categorized as types or […]
A preference assessment is conducted to identify potential reinforcers. Note, we don’t know that these things are actually reinforcing until we see if applying the items increases a behavior. To determine if a potential reinforcer is actually reinforcing, we can do a reinforcer assessment. Ways to identify potential reinforcers: Ask the person about their preferences. […]