Apply the principles of ABA to select, define and measure behaviour and write sample portions of assessment and intervention plans.

Introduction to Assignment:

• This assignment is worth 10% of your final grade.
• This is an individual assignment. You are required to complete this assignment on your own.  Policies regarding plagiarism will be strictly enforced on this assignment.
• The assignment will consist of 2 parts: The behaviour program and the data observation sheet.

Assignment Rationale:

This assignment reinforces the following course learning outcomes:

• Apply the principles of ABA to select, define and measure behaviour and write sample portions of assessment and intervention plans.
• Explain, verbally and in writing, ABA concepts and principles in everyday language and using the terminology of ABA.

This assignment uses the following items from the BACB Task List:

B: Experimental Design

B-01 Use the dimensions of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) to evaluate whether interventions are behavior analytic in nature

D:  Fundamental Elements of Behavior Change

D-01 Use positive and negative reinforcement.

D-02 Use appropriate parameters and schedules of reinforcement.

E:  Specific Behavior-Change Procedures

I: Assessment

I-01 Define behavior in observable and measurable terms.

J: Intervention

J-01 State intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.

J-04 Select intervention strategies based on client preferences.

J-08 Select intervention strategies based on the social validity of the intervention.

Define and Provide Examples Of

FK-15 operant conditioning

Measurement Concepts

FK-47 Identify the measurable dimensions of behavior (e.g., rate, duration, latency, interresponse time).

 

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

The assignment goal is to develop a behaviour program for yourself.

• Choose a behaviour that you wish to increase in your life.
• Precisely and objectively define this target behaviour (1)
• Explain why this target behaviour has social validity(why is it important) (1)
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• Create a reinforcement program.
• Choose a reinforcement (1)
• My reinforer will be:
• Describe the process of the reinforcement delivery (4)
• Schedule
• Immediacy
• Magnitude
• Motivational operations
• contingency
• State what level of behaviour you must achieve before the reinforcement is delivered (1)
• Create an observation sheet to record data of your performance of the target behaviour. (2)