EDUC681 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Goal Setting, Contingency Management, Data Collection System
Document Summary
Chapter 12: teaching students to manage their own behavior. Set goals and put them in writing. Teach students to set goals that are specific, challenging but achievable, and. Increase goals - competitive standard whose attainment is immediate. Cued self-recording - given a signal and asked to indicate whether or not they were performing the behavior at that time. Noncued self-recording - students make note of each time they perform the target behavior. Provide teacher and student with concrete feedback. Reactive effect - when behavior changes as a function of the self-recording process alone. Teach student how to use data collection system chosen. Allow students to use self-recording independently & monitor results. Use a rubric to analyze their work. Teach students to discriminate between inappropriate and appropriate behaviors. Contingencies - if, then statements clarifying expected behaviors and consequences for those behaviors. Students may choose reinforcers or behaviors to be modified.