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| Communication-Based Behavior Interventions |
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 |
| 8:00 AM–11:00 AM |
| Continental C (1st floor) |
| Area: PRA; Domain: Applied Research |
| CE Instructor: John J. Pokrzywinski, M.A. |
| JOHN J. POKRZYWINSKI (Arlington Developmental Center), DIANA BRADBERRY (Arlington Developmental Center), RICHARD W. POWELL (Shelby Residential and Vocational Services), IRFA KARMALI (Shelby Residential and Vocational Services) |
| Description: This workshop emphasizes positive reinforcement of alternative behaviors to reduce problem behaviors (replacement behaviors). It encourages procedures that increase the contextual fit of behavior support plans; presents procedures that allow identification and manipulation of setting events and discriminative stimuli; Discussion includes procedures to encourage a communication-based environment. The procedures described in the workshop are designed to: Emphasize nonaversive and naturalistic procedures to reduce the likelihood of problem behaviors; increase the acceptance of behavior support plans, and thus the likelihood of success and generality; and increase collaboration between professional and direct-support staff. |
| Learning Objectives: At the completion of the workshop, participants will be able to: - Identify and discuss procedures to reduce problem behaviors by emphasizing positive reinforcement of alternative behaviors (replacement behaviors). - Identify and discuss procedures to modify antecedent & setting event manipulations which reduce the occurrence of problem behaviors and the need for corrective interventions. - Identify and discuss procedures that increase the acceptability of behavior support plans and increase the likelihood of success and generality (contextual fit). - Describe and discuss procedures to encourage a communicative environment. - Describe and discuss procedures to increase collaboration between all team members and direct-support staff. |
| Activities: Workshop activities include discussions of Eliminative versus educative strategies to deal with problem behaviors; Antecedent events & contextual variables; Functional behavior assessment & replacement behavior development; Discrete trial training (DTT) and natural environment training (NET); Verbal behavior considerations. |
| Audience: Behavior Analysts, Speech-Language Pathologists, Direct-Support Staff & Supervisors, Psychologists, Nurses, Advocates, Independent Support Coordinators, and others. |
| Content Area: Practice |
| Instruction Level: Basic |