Self-monitoring
In self-management procedures, this is the process of systematically recording data on one’s own behavior.
Task List Reference: G-20
Use self-management strategies.
Self-management
Behavior analytic procedures that target one’s own behavior by defining the desired target response (controlled response), programming behaviors to help evoke that desired target response (controlling response), and arranging reinforcers
Self-instruction
A self-management procedure that involves providing oneself with verbal instructions (covert or overt) to prompt one’s own desired behaviors.
Self-evaluation
In self-management procedures, this is the process of assessing one’s own progress by comparing self-monitoring data to a pre-determined criterion.
Self-directed systematic desensitization
A self-management procedure used to reduce anxieties and phobias that involves substituting muscle relaxation for challenging behaviors. Anxiety or fear-provoking events are ranked on an intensity scale and gradually exposed
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Self-administered consequences
A self-management procedure in which one organizes specific consequences to be delivered following the occurrence or nonoccurrence of one’s own behavior to be delivered by others or by oneself.
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Self Evaluate Your Understanding of ABA Terminology ➠ Self Management
Explore the world of self-management with PTB co-founder Dana Meller as she discusses how controlled responses and self-controlling behaviors lead to improved behavior.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-20: Use self-management strategies.
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Massed practice
A self-management procedure that aims to decrease challenging behavior by having an individual engage in the repeated performance of the challenging behavior.
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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Self-management: one process, two behaviors. PTB co-founder Dana Meller explains controlled vs controlling response, and shares real-life examples of how they are used together in self-management strategies.
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Controlling response
In self-management procedures, these are the behaviors that help evoke the desired target behavior.
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Controlled response
In self-management procedures, this is the desired target behavior produced by the self-management procedure.