Graduated guidance
A type of response prompt that offers the minimal amount of physical prompting needed to occasion a correct response by having a trainer in a position to prompt immediately (if… Read more
G. Behavior-Change Procedures
Group contingencies
Procedures in which a pre-determined criterion for responding is established for one, some, or all of the members within a group in order for some or all of the group
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Habit reversal
A self-management procedure that involves identifying events that precede one’s own challenging behavior and engaging in alternative behaviors when those precursor events occur.
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High-probability instructional sequence
An antecedent intervention used for increasing compliance and reducing escape-maintained behaviors. It involves presenting two-to-five high-probability compliance tasks, reinforcing compliance for those tasks, and then presenting a demand less likely
Identity matching-to-sample
A matching-to-sample procedure where clients are taught to match sample and comparison stimuli that are physically identical.
Incidental teaching
A free-operant teaching methodology that takes place in a free-time setting, during which the child’s natural initiations are treated as learning opportunities to expand on the child’s current skill set.
Independent group contingencies
A procedure in which a pre-determined criterion for responding is established for all members of a group, and for an individual to contact reinforcement, that individual must meet the specific
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Indiscriminable contingencies
A method to program for generalization during instruction that includes the use of intermittent and delayed reinforcement contingencies that parallel natural contingencies.
Instructions and rules
A specific methodology for teaching that includes best practice for setting specific rules, and methods for providing instructions for expected behavior.
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Inter-trial interval
In discrete-trial teaching, this is the period (approximately 5 seconds) that comes between the consequence and the next SD, indicating the end of one trial and the forthcoming trial.
Interdependent group contingencies
A procedure in which a pre-determined criterion for responding is established for all of the members within a group. For everyone to contact reinforcement, each individual in the group must
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Least-to-most prompting
A method of prompt fading for individuals who exhibit the skills necessary to complete the task but are not engaging in the correct response. This method typically starts with the least