Choose and define one target behavior for intervention with this client…

This Learning Activity will help you learn how to select an appropriate target behavior, develop a treatment goal for that behavior, choose antecedent and consequence strategies that are appropriate for treating the behavior, and evaluate how these interventions promote generalization for this hypothetical client.

Complete this week’s Learning Activity to prepare for the Assignment.

For this Assignment, you will provide an essay response to each of the questions below for the two client scenarios. Use the materials provided in previous units and peer-reviewed resources from the university library to support your responses. Please do not copy and paste the whole question into your document. Rather, provide only the question number and your response.

Scenario 1

Aden is a 4-year-old boy with a significant developmental delay. He is nonvocal and doesn’t have a reliable way to communicate his wants and needs. His parents have sought help for Aden because he has become increasingly aggressive toward his parents and younger sister. He typically will yell, cry, and hit when he wants a favorite snack or toy. He recently injured his sister when he hit her in the face after she took a toy he was playing with. Since that occurred, his parents have tried to give Aden what he wants when he becomes angry and aggressive and have coached their daughter to do this as well to avoid further injury. However, they realize this is not a helpful long-term solution and are looking for help from a BCBA.

1. Choose and define one target behavior for intervention with this client, provide a rationale for why you chose that behavior, and describe and provide a rationale for the hypothesized function of the target behavior.
2. Develop at least one clear and measurable treatment goal for the target behavior.
3. Choose and technologically outline at least one antecedent strategy and one consequence strategy for intervention on the target behavior. Describe how your chosen interventions are evidence-based and how they are linked to the target behavior’s function.
4. Evaluate how your chosen interventions will promote generalization across settings, time, and behaviors.

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Scenario 2

Anais is a 9-year-old boy diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. He participates in a regular education classroom with push-in support for writing, his most difficult subject. He receives small-group instruction for writing and during that time sits at a table with two other children and a special education teacher. Anais’s teacher has requested help from you, a BCBA, because Anais won’t stay in his seat when it is time to work on writing his letters. Anais frequently jumps up from his seat, walks around the room, and plays with other items in the classroom. He also often laughs and sings to himself while walking around the room. Anais’s teacher is unable to get up from the table to chase Anais around every time he does this because she has two other students to work with. As a result, Anais usually gets out of having to work on writing and is falling behind in his academic progress.

1. Choose and define one target behavior for intervention with this client, provide a rationale for why you chose that behavior, and describe the hypothesized function of the target behavior.
2. Develop at least one clear and measurable treatment goal for the target behavior.
3. Choose and describe at least one antecedent strategy and one consequence strategy for intervention on the target behavior. Describe how your chosen interventions are evidence-based and how they are linked to the target behavior’s function.
4. Evaluate how your chosen interventions will promote generalization across settings, time, and behaviors.

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The assignment should:

• Follow assignment directions (review grading rubric for best results).
• Use correct APA formatting per the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition, including the following:
  • Title page
  • Proper headings for each question
  • Citations
  • Reference page
• Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
• Be written in Standard English and be clear, specific, and error-free. If needed, be sure to use the Writing Center for help.

Submitting your Assignment

Save your Word document in a location that you will remember with your full name and the class number. When you are ready, submit it to the unit Dropbox labeled Assignment.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Identifying a target behavior is always the first step towards developing the best response plan for the challenges facing a given client both in the teaching setting and at home. Often, coming up with a wrong target behavior for a given case may likely lead to wrong intervention | PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com | habits can only be achieved after a critical evaluation of a given case and subsequent use of evidence-based intervention mechanisms. This task looks at two clients with different, one with a developmental delay with an inability to communicate his wants and needs. The second…