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1. Positive Behavior Support: an approach used to support behavior change. The
method is not designed to "fix" the person & never uses punishment. Main idea:
teaching someone a more effective/ acceptable bx will decrease problem bx.
2. Who is a bx support plan for?: indv who display challenging bx to the extent that
it severely impacts their life.
-can be developed and used at any age.
3. PBS in a School Setting: Proact, Safety Care, Be aware of antecedant strate-
gies, ensure safety of kiddo and others around.
4. What is a good bx support plan look like?: - more proactive strategies than
reactive ones
- helps to ensure that the focus of the plan is on providing ways to support the person
to have a good life, enabling the person to learn better and more effective ways of
getting what they need.
5. Proactive Strategies: Intended to make sure the person gets what they need &
includes ways to teach the person appropriate communication & life skills.
6. Reactive Strategies: Designed to keep the person & those around them safe
from harm. They provide a way to react quickly when person is distressed & more
likely to display challenging behavior.
7. Functions of Behaviors & Alternatives: Sensory:teach them to ask for desired
object/ activity, use preferred sensory items to create new activities, have sensory
time & structured activity so stimming doesn't take over
Escape:Teach them to say yes/ no, ask for break/ all done, introduce them to a less
preferred activity gradually, change the way you ask them to do something
Attention: Teach them to tap/ vocalize sign for desired item; give frequent positive
social attn
Tangibles:teach them to ask for object/ activity, Give what they asked for as soon as
appropriate, teach them to get something themselves, Make sure they are not left
too long w/o food/drink/ something meaningful to do.
8. What is Discrete Trial Training?: a Method of teaching in simplified & structured
steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at a time. Each attempt
is a "trial".
9. 5 steps of DTT: 1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD, environment)
2. Prompt
3. Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
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10. Pros of DTT: Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can increase motivation
& learning, numerous learning opportunities, can be easily individualized, clear
beginning & end to each trial, can minimize failures
11. Cons of DTT: Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks naturalistic reinforcement,
difficulty fading reinforcement
12. Purpose of Person Centered Planning: ongoing problem solving process
used to help ppl w disabilities plan for the future:
-To look at the ind a different way
-To assist the focus person in gaining control of their own life
-To increase opportunities for participation in the community
-To recognize individual desires, interests & dreams
-Through team effort, develop a plan to turn dreams into reality.
13. Who is involved in Person Centered Planning?: The focus person & whoever
they would like. Works best when there is an unbiased facilitator & a person to record
what is shared. Family members, professionals, friends, etc may be invited.
14. Steps of Person Centered Planning: Profiling: 1. Develop a history for focus
person. (Background, critical events, medical issues, major developments, important
relationships)
2. Description of quality of life for FP. (Comm participation, comm presence, choic-
es/rights, respect & competence)
3. Personal preferences of FP. (Preferred activities, things they do not like)
15. Person Centered Planning Meeting: 1. Review the profile. Make comments &
observations
2. Review trends/ongoing events in the environment.
3. Share visions for the future to increase opportunities.
4. ID obstacles & opportunities, things that could make vision a reality
5. ID strategies: action steps for implementation
6. Getting started: ID action steps that can be done in a short time.
7. ID the need for service delivery to be more responsive to ind needs.
16. Who was Hans Asperger?: 20th century, Austrian Pediatrician who published
a profile in 1944 of four boys with a specific pattern of bx: "autisitic psychopathy".
17. Characteristics of Aspergers (1944): "lack of empathy, little ability to form
friendships, one-sided conversations, intense absorption in a special interest &
clumsy movements."
18. The term "Asperger Syndrome" was coined by:: Lorna Wing, a British Re-
searcher in 1981 in her research to counter Kanner's findings on Autism.
19. Basic principles of Bx by Skinner (& others): Reinforcement
-Prompting
-Fading
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1. Positive Behavior Support: an approach used to support behavior change. The
method is not designed to "fix" the person & never uses punishment. Main idea:
teaching someone a more effective/ acceptable bx will decrease problem bx.
2. Who is a bx support plan for?: indv who display challenging bx to the extent that
it severely impacts their life.
-can be developed and used at any age.
3. PBS in a School Setting: Proact, Safety Care, Be aware of antecedant strate-
gies, ensure safety of kiddo and others around.
4. What is a good bx support plan look like?: - more proactive strategies than
reactive ones
- helps to ensure that the focus of the plan is on providing ways to support the person
to have a good life, enabling the person to learn better and more effective ways of
getting what they need.
5. Proactive Strategies: Intended to make sure the person gets what they need &
includes ways to teach the person appropriate communication & life skills.
6. Reactive Strategies: Designed to keep the person & those around them safe
from harm. They provide a way to react quickly when person is distressed & more
likely to display challenging behavior.
7. Functions of Behaviors & Alternatives: Sensory:teach them to ask for desired
object/ activity, use preferred sensory items to create new activities, have sensory
time & structured activity so stimming doesn't take over
Escape:Teach them to say yes/ no, ask for break/ all done, introduce them to a less
preferred activity gradually, change the way you ask them to do something
Attention: Teach them to tap/ vocalize sign for desired item; give frequent positive
social attn
Tangibles:teach them to ask for object/ activity, Give what they asked for as soon as
appropriate, teach them to get something themselves, Make sure they are not left
too long w/o food/drink/ something meaningful to do.
8. What is Discrete Trial Training?: a Method of teaching in simplified & structured
steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at a time. Each attempt
is a "trial".
9. 5 steps of DTT: 1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD, environment)
2. Prompt
3. Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
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10. Pros of DTT: Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can increase motivation
& learning, numerous learning opportunities, can be easily individualized, clear
beginning & end to each trial, can minimize failures
11. Cons of DTT: Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks naturalistic reinforcement,
difficulty fading reinforcement
12. Purpose of Person Centered Planning: ongoing problem solving process
used to help ppl w disabilities plan for the future:
-To look at the ind a different way
-To assist the focus person in gaining control of their own life
-To increase opportunities for participation in the community
-To recognize individual desires, interests & dreams
-Through team effort, develop a plan to turn dreams into reality.
13. Who is involved in Person Centered Planning?: The focus person & whoever
they would like. Works best when there is an unbiased facilitator & a person to record
what is shared. Family members, professionals, friends, etc may be invited.
14. Steps of Person Centered Planning: Profiling: 1. Develop a history for focus
person. (Background, critical events, medical issues, major developments, important
relationships)
2. Description of quality of life for FP. (Comm participation, comm presence, choic-
es/rights, respect & competence)
3. Personal preferences of FP. (Preferred activities, things they do not like)
15. Person Centered Planning Meeting: 1. Review the profile. Make comments &
observations
2. Review trends/ongoing events in the environment.
3. Share visions for the future to increase opportunities.
4. ID obstacles & opportunities, things that could make vision a reality
5. ID strategies: action steps for implementation
6. Getting started: ID action steps that can be done in a short time.
7. ID the need for service delivery to be more responsive to ind needs.
16. Who was Hans Asperger?: 20th century, Austrian Pediatrician who published
a profile in 1944 of four boys with a specific pattern of bx: "autisitic psychopathy".
17. Characteristics of Aspergers (1944): "lack of empathy, little ability to form
friendships, one-sided conversations, intense absorption in a special interest &
clumsy movements."
18. The term "Asperger Syndrome" was coined by:: Lorna Wing, a British Re-
searcher in 1981 in her research to counter Kanner's findings on Autism.
19. Basic principles of Bx by Skinner (& others): Reinforcement
-Prompting
-Fading
