Content area I: Assessment, includes the task list items I-01: Define behavior in observable and measurable terms, and I-06: Make recommendations regarding behaviors that must be established, maintained, increased, or decreased (Behavior Analyst Certification Board, 2012). My submission for this content area is the Behavior Change assignment from SPE 565, which demonstrates how to define behaviors and make recommendations for behavior reduction, as well as the replacement behavior. The participant in this artifact had difficulty communicating his needs appropriately, particularly when engaging in sports activities with peers.…
1. Basic Background Information on Your Topic The topic I chose, was to exercise four to six times a week for eight weeks. I chose to complete this exercise by walking and running in intervals. a. Completing this task was personally challenging because running/walking on the treadmill is hard on my knees.…
It is important to create a plan with incentives to motivate a person to complete a task or meet a goal. The modification program will be based on exercise. He will be required to run one mile at least five days a week. Each week the distance he must run will increase by one mile. By the end of week four, he should be running a total of four miles at least five days per week.…
27. ANALYSE CONTEMPORARY BEHAVIOUR CHANGE MODELS, PRACTICES AND INTERVENTIONS. Contemporary behaviour change models fall under three main categories, including Behaviour Therapies, which are based on the way you think (cognitive) and/or the way you behave, Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic Therapies, are based on a person’s unconscious thoughts and perceptions that have developed during their childhood, and how these affect their current behaviour and thoughts and Humanistic Therapies which focus on self-development, growth and responsibilities and assists a person recognising their strengths and choices in the ‘here and now’. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) combines cognitive and behavioural techniques teaching clients ways to change thoughts and…
Effective goals are essential in student’s life in order to complete tasks of high importance, those who set these are likely to reach them. Educational goals motivate the pupil to put in academic effort in order to achieve their ultimate goal. Goals that are set then completed create a sense of achievement plus accomplishment that could lead to achieving bigger goals. Successful people always have had clear, focused goals that guide them into greatness (Laura A Rader). Goal setting involves multiple steps, which involve the setting of academic short-term goals and long ones.…
My goal in this behavioral change project was to slowly eliminate soda and replace it with something more healthy like water. In my project, it was overall a success but I did drink soda a couple of times by accident. At first I had trouble trying to avoid drinking soda but it slowly got better as the weeks went by. In the first couple weeks I had to be conscious about everything I drank so I can avoid drinking any soda. After a few weeks, I stopped having to actively think about it because I just stopped drinking soda as much and built a habit of drinking water instead.…
Intervention Project: Healthy Eating and Exercising The behavior that I would like to change is eating healthier and exercising. For the past two years I have lived a sedentary life. I used to exercise four times a week for at least an hour. I have gained over 30 pounds in the past 2 ½ years.…
Until, the first two years of my college career I found myself extremely tired and sluggish, so I decided that I should be more active for my age and I started by first exercise regimen. Regrettably, that attempt failed miserably. Which is why I chose exercise as the behavior in which I would like to increase. My definition of exercising for this modification plan is as…
Self-Management-Healthy Living Every day all over the world people are faced with the choices they make when it comes to healthy living; whether or not they are eating right, whether or not they are exercising on a daily basis and whether or not they are getting the right amount of sleep every night. To many it s difficult to make the right choices, many people are living a life of obesity, many are struggling every day just to simply look in the mirror and accept what they see. In this paper I will discuss my own behavior and what I consider to be my poor behavior when it comes to healthy living. All this is a result of my own laziness; all of which I intend on changing through the action of a workable intervention plan.…
The three process of change I employed in the first week of my change attempt to alter my behavior were consciousness raising, helping relationship, and self-reevaluation (Hayden, p.144). I chose this three process of change because it will help me look at myself and understand how to change my behavior. First process is consciousness raising, obtaining information about oneself and the problem behavior (Hayden, p.144). The first step to changing my behavior is acknowledging my problem of not working out and the consequences of continuing this behavior of being unhealthy and feeling unhappy with myself. For example, when I started doing sit up and side crunches at the beginning of the week I was getting tired with one try and that is when I…
My goal for the behavior change project was to lose ten pounds by the cutoff date. My three short-term goals were losing two pounds, five pounds, and eight pounds. Looking back on these goals, I wish that I would have chosen better dates for these to be completed by. My original long-term goal was to lose twenty pounds, which now seems almost impossible due to me not being able to lose ten pounds in a few months. I was also unable to meet my three short term goals.…
Personally, I enjoyed this personal wellness journey and along the way I experienced many behavior changes in myself, which included many challenges, as well as successes. For my goals as far as my physical wellness, I believe I have shown significant growth in this area of wellness since setting goals for myself. Before starting this journey, I would rarely go to the gym or workout. My original plan for this goal changed a lot throughout the experience. Originally planning on going to the gym on Monday’s and Wednesday’s, I actually decided to change it to Wednesday’s and Thursday’s to better fit my schedule.…
Recently I made a drastic change and decided to transform my life. I contemplated and had to take action quick in order to improve my health. At first, my self-image was the prime reason for wanting to become more physically active, but not really considering my health. Now that I have incorporated healthy eating and many physical activities into my daily routine, staying motivated is the key to success. Changing my eating habits is taking a little bit more adjusting to than I thought.…
1a.) My initial measurable behavior change goal was “The one health behavior that I want to work on for the remainder of the semester is my physical activity, I have always wanted to be a runner and complete a marathon. I am a pretty active person in my everyday life and I do walk on my treadmill every morning, but I really want to get my heart rate up and burn some calories. I do notice that I am very tired in the mornings and I have read a number of research articles that show performing an activity like jogging or running first thing in the morning helps with energy and ramps up your metabolism. Since I am so tired in the morning I do drink coffee and drinking more coffee lead to more sugar in my diet, which is something that I am really…
No matter who you are, or where you are going in life, it is important to set goals. Goals give you something to work towards. They provide you with motivation to continually improve and work toward achieving the goal you have set. Personally, I try to set goals for myself in various areas of my life. I have noticed that when I set goals for myself I usually work harder, and have a better chance of achieving what I want to accomplish.…