BEH PS365 Unit 9 Final Assignment Guide
BEH PS365 Unit 9 Final
Assignment Guide
As you move through
the course, please start thinking about the Final Project, which is due by the
end of Unit 9. Your Final Project will consist of an analysis of questions
related to two separate case studies. Each case presents a problem that you,
the future ABA professional, will need to assess. You will design an effective
behavior modification program as well as a plan to evaluate this program. Each
case covers the theories, concepts, and research discussed this term. Your
answers to the questions should consist of information from the text and
supplemental readings.
Your primary sources
should be the readings assigned for the course, but you also may use sources
from the Kaplan Library or other credible Internet sources. These include:
Academic Search Premier
EBSCO
ERIC
Pub Med
This will help you
demonstrate your mastery of the material covered this term.
After reading each
case, please fully answer the questions below. Responses to the questions
should be typed in a Word document, double-spaced in 12-point font and
submitted to the Dropbox. Most students will need to write 3-4 typed pages for
each case in order to address all required parts of the Final Project.
Your final paper must
be your original work; plagiarism will not be tolerated. Be sure to review the
Syllabus in terms of what constitutes plagiarism.
Please make sure to
provide proper credit for those sources used in your case study analysis in
proper APA format. Please see the APA Quick Reference for any questions related
to APA citations. You must credit authors when you:
1.
Summarize a concept,
theory or research
2.
Use direct quotes from
the text or articles
Case Study 1: William
Ms. Tooley contacts
you, an ABA analyst, to assist her with a child in her classroom named William.
William is a healthy 6-year-old boy who has been terrorizing his classmates.
The problem has been occurring since the beginning of the school year. William
pushes, kicks, hits or bites other children in the class. This has often
happened during recess time. Ms. Tooley first addressed the issue by scolding
William. That did not appear to reduce the behavior, so she then required him
to visit the principal’s office whenever an episode of hitting/biting occurred.
These visits also had little effect in reducing the negative behaviors.
1.
What is the target
behavior(s) that you will plan to address? Write a target behavior definition
using terms that can be observed and the appropriate behavior analytic
language.
2.
How would you first
assess William? Discuss the rationale for your choice of assessment.
3.
Discuss one reason why
the teacher’s original methods of behavior management may have failed.
4.
Design an effective
behavior modification program for William using a combination approach
treatment package(two or more behavior techniques from the relevant
literature).
5.
Discuss your rationale
for selecting the combination approach, drawing upon behavior theory.
6.
Explain how you would
evaluate the modification program.
Discuss issues related
to spontaneous recovery of behavior, extinction and maintenance of desired
behavior.
Case Study 2: Annie
Hospital Administrator
Rodriguez contacts you because she is experiencing difficulty with an ABA
program that you designed for one of her psychiatric patients, Annie. The
patient, a 40-year-old schizophrenic female, has been exhibiting a great deal
of difficulty with a few daily care routines, including brushing her teeth and
making her bed in the morning. The program that you originally designed was a
token economy system in which she would earn one token for each completed
activity and then collect a reward (extra time in the courtyard) once 10 tokens
were obtained. Ms. Rodriguez reports that Annie is not completing the tasks and
then as a result, not earning any tokens. She asks you to revisit the hospital
to determine what is not working.
1.
What are three
possible issues that can occur with a newly implemented behavior change
program? Discuss what aspects of the program you would want to check on first
before making any changes.
2.
Choosing one of the
three potential issues, elaborate on how this may be negatively impacting the
program and how you could address the problem to increase the likelihood that
the program would work.
3.
Provide a step by step
alternative behavior modification program (instead of the one presented) for
Annie. Your new plan must include the following:
1. A description of the data-based intervention
that you have chosen.
2. Your rationale for using the intervention as
supported by relevant literature (your text and Journal articles)
3. The overall behavior goals associated with the
use of the plan
4. The step-by-step procedures that the staff
will take to implement the plan
5. How data will be collected
6. How progress will be monitored
For this project you
can refer to the syllabus to ensure everything was answered properly
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Grading Criteria
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PointsPossible
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PointsPossible
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Content
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Both cases are
addressed and recapped. Target behavior is accurately identified in first
case, and 3 factors affecting failure are discussed in the second case
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0-20
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Effective behavior
modification from the relevant literature is selected in case 1 and rationale
is discussed fully. In Case 2 student elaborates on at least one issue
affecting the client
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0-30
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Evaluation of the
program is discussed in case 1. In case 2 a step-by-step alternative behavior
plan is presented including: description of the data-based intervention,
rationale supported by relevant literature, behavior goals, and steps for
staff implementation.
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0-80
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Writing
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Structure: Paper
includes a title page, introduction with thesis statement, conclusion, and
in-text citations and reference page using APA style.Paper is appropriate in
length (body of the paper should be 3-4 pages, not including the title page
or reference page).
Paper includes
reference to the textbook and any other academic sources used.
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0-10
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Mechanics: Paper
uses Standard American English including correct grammar, spelling, and
punctuation, and complete sentences and paragraphs.Paper is free of
typographical errors.
Paper includes a
highly developed viewpoint and purpose.
Paper demonstrates
superior organization; communication is highly ordered, logical and unified.
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0-10
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Total
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150
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The books for this
project is: Behavior Modification Principles and Procedures by Raymond G.
Miltenberger, Also the Applied Behavior Analysis second edition by John O.
Cooper, Timothy E. Heron, and William L. Heward
Please pay attention
to question 6 of the project which is worth more and need to be very detailed
as far ration, data what you will graph and what it will look like. You don’t
to do a graph, but you need to explain one.
To prepare you for
your Discussion post and Assignment in this unit, it is recommended that you
review the following readings, even if you have already done so in the past.
·
In the Cooper text:
o
pp. 549-611 (special
applications section)
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In the Miltenberger
text:
o
pp. 217-234 (behavior
skills training )
o
pp. 399-415
(self-management)
o
pp. 431-449 (token
economy)
o
pp. 451-465 (behavior
contracts)
Visit the
Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network website.
Source: Organizational
Behavior Management (OBM) Network (2011). Retrieved fromhttp://www.obmnetwork.com.
Reviewing the website
sections within the “What is OBM?” and “Publications” tabs will provide you
with information on OBM and its applications.
Read the following
article on behavior principles used in business:
Source: “Performance
Management” (2010): Cambridge Center for Behavior Studies. Retrieved fromhttp://www.behavior.org/resource.php?id=400
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