Consequence Interventions

Justin Daigle, MA, BCBA, LBAProgram Director

Data Definitionsand

DATA DEFINITIONS

DATA

Some measureable, quantifiable dimension of behavior (such as duration, frequency, average, etc)

DURATION

A measure of total time in which a behavior occurs.

FREQUENCY

Count of occurrence of a target behavior

RATE

Frequency per observation time

LATENCY

Time between the SD and the response

INTER-RESPONSE TIME (IRT)

Time between the a response and another response of either the same typography or function

MOMENTARY TIME SAMPLING

A measurement method in which the presence or absence of behaviors are recorded at precisely specified time intervals

CONSEQUENCE INTERVENTION

RECALL PREVIOUS DISCUSSION

Shaping by Successive Approximations

CHAINING

A teaching procedure in which several independent behaviors are taught, one-at-a-time in sequence. (see handout)

FORWARD CHAINING

Using chaining to teach a response while selecting the response to be taught from the first step to the last step

BACKWARD CHAINING

Using chaining to teach a response while selecting the response to be taught from the last step to the first step

BEHAVIOR CHAIN

A series of behaviors that occur immediately after one another that are reinforced at the same time.

Example: In order to get food, rat mustpush red button and then blue button.

RESPONSE INTERRUPT AND RE-DIRECTION (RIRD)

Typical intervention used for decrease frequency of automatic reinforced behavior. Contingent upon the target behavior, client is given a series of demand (often incompatible demands). Demands do no stop until client has responded correctly three times without engaging in target behavior.

RESPONSE COST

A punishment procedure in which a partial amount of a given reinforcer is removed contingent upon problematic behavior.

OVERCORRECTION(USING POSITIVE PRACTICE)

A punishment procedure contingent upon problematic behavior in which the client is asked to restore the environment its previous state. Further, it requires the instructor to repeat this process three times as a consequence to the behavior.

EXTINCTION

The discontinuation of a reinforcer for a previously reinforced behavior.

EXTINCTION BURST

A temporary increase in duration, frequency, and intensity of a target behavior after an extinction procedure is introduced.

EXTINCTION INDUCED VARIABILITY

A temporary variance of behavior topographies after an extinction procedure is introduced.

EXTINCTION INDUCED AGGRESSION

A temporary increase in the probability of aggression when undergoing an extinction procedure

SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY

A behavioral effect associated with extinction in which the target behavior suddenly, but temporarily, begins to occur after its frequency has decreased.

TOKEN ECONOMY

Any system whereby participants earn generalized conditioned reinforcer (such as tokens, coins, points, chips, etc) as an immediate consequence for a target behavior. Participants “cash in” to receive a backup reinforcer. Used to delay reinforcer and to avoid satiation.

REMEMBER

We don’t really target the behaviors, we target a frequency, duration, etc of a behavior. So if a behavior occurs at a high frequency and a high duration, two separate interventions may need to be used.

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