SOCSCI 2UF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fitbit, Repeatability, Reinforcement
3 Feb 2020
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Smart goals target behaviour: specific, measureable, assignable/achievable, realistic, time-based. Data collection/assessment methods: direct measures, observation, anecdotal, descriptive, abc data, functional behaviour assessment (fba, scatterplot. Analog functional analysis: each session 10 minutes in length, present one condition per session, track the behavior throughout the 10 minutes, take a 5 minute break between sessions, alternate conditions (escape, attention, control, automatic) Target behaviour: mealtime behaviour problems: negative vocalizations: crying and screaming, food refusal: throwing food, slapping the hand of the clinician, spitting the food out, turning their head away, and aggression toward the clinician. Come on now : statements used for each child were selected from the information ascertained from the direct observations, all other child behavior except eating (e. g. , laughing, babbling) was ignored. After providing attention for five seconds, the clinician waited 20 seconds and presented the food again: high levels of inappropriate behavior in this condition demonstrated a contingent relation between the disruptive behavior and attention.
