Forward Chaining Case Study The Case Of Mr. Riley

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Case 1: The Case of Brenda
Brenda is 17-year-old female, who is having issues with her serve, her coach wants her to improve it to get better. Her coach has tried many different items to help her improve but non-have worked. To improve her serve we will look at Brenda’s “ball toss; swing of the racket back; acceleration of the racket, contact with the ball; and follow-through” (Unit 6, ND, para 1). The best choice to help Brenda improve her serve is behavior chaining. This will teach her step by step what needs to happen to improve her serve. Within chaining we break down tasks into smaller areas to teach and improve those (Cooper et al., 2007). By focusing on one small task at a time she can slowly improve the skills needed for improving her serve. Chaining “various methods for linking specific sequences of stimuli and responses to form new performances” (Cooper et al, 2007, p.436).
The three main components of chaining are forward, backward, and total task presentation (Cooper et al, 2007). Forward chaining according to our readings
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Riley
Mrs. Riley is a third-grade teacher who has taken over a new class that is very energetic, unruly, and not doing good grade wise. “The major behavior challenges in the class are, fighting, yelling out answers/questions, not staying seated during work time, and failure to complete in class assignments.” (Unit 6, ND, para 2). To help the class become more productive, a token system will be implement. By giving a child a penny each time they complete a task or behave will reward positive behavior and give them a opportunity on Fridays to use their pennies for the classroom store.
Primarily a token economy is “a system whereby participants earn generalized conditioned reinforcers (e.g., tokens, chips, points) as an immediate consequence for specific behaviors; participants accumulate tokens and exchange them for items and activities from a menu of backup reinforcers.” (Cooper et al, 2007,

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