Baseline

Peer-administered contingency involves the use of a peer to directly change the behavior of the target individual. Once the peer begins the program, someone observes the actions of the peer. The peer is then debriefed on how well they shaped the behavior of the target individual. The purpose of peer-administered contingency is for an individual to undergo a training period in order to modify their behavior. For the purposes of the study, the target behavior will be the lack of exercise. The…

were analyzed and changes made were necessary. Second, model outcomes of the baseline scenario were compared with observed values from the…

Aaron is a 9 year-old boy in the 4th grade at Schultz Elementary School. He was referred to the child study team because of poor academic performance and impulsive, oppositional, and sometimes threatening behavior. Aaron has difficulties with decoding words and reading comprehension. Ms. Faber, Aaron’s teacher, believes Aaron’s poor reading skills are due to lack of practice at home and low motivation triggered by frustration. Aaron has difficulties with disruptive behaviors in the classroom; he…

approximately 5,000. While only working part-time, she would like to at least maintain her daily step count average by focusing on performing a walking activity for one continuous hour each day. Research design The research design is ABAB. The baseline data will calculate the total number of steps taken during a non-preferred or neutral activity for two weeks. The intervention data will find the sum of the number of steps taken during an hour for each day when a preferred activity was…

People should be educated on what chemicals are being ingested into their bodies and what side effects may they cause. Tobacco is a nicotine-rich product that is addictive when used. Healthy People (2016) states the usage of tobacco can cause cancer in multiple organs of the human body such as lung, liver, and esophagus. It also can cause heart disease and strokes, lung disease, and reproductive effects to an unborn fetus. The user who is using a tobacco product can cause health related…

Method and Procedures The setting was in two places: special education classroom and general education classroom. The special education classroom was used to instruct students on how to recruit teacher attention. The instruction was conducted with each student individually while no other student was around. The general education classroom was used to observe the target behaviors of student recruitment and teacher praise. A routine for attain the teacher’s attention during the 30 minutes of…

all sessions, except subject 2 with ASD who left the group early during sessions 10 and 11, and did not participate at all during session 12. The two protocols of the study demonstrated that the social-communicative sessions with or without music (baseline and treatment conditions) may be efficient ways to increase gestural imitation for children with…

(SSRD) is an empirical measurement of a client’s functioning over a time span. This SSRD tool will measure the client’s functioning before, during and after the intervention (Jordan & Franklin, 2011). This paper will describe the client, establish a baseline, track two targeted goals over 30 days and applied interventions, analyze the results of the study and address the studies limitations. Case summary Sharon is a 48-year-old Caucasian women. She presents with good overall physical health…

quite effective) as the percentage of field goals to more likely to be made when comparing to baseline. Both Joshua and Sam showed to do very well in the beginning of the baseline phase. They were hitting the ball very well, until both coincidently did a wrong step (Joshua) or pulled it right (Sam) begin to second guessing or weren’t as focused when kicking field goals. Josh started off rusty in the baseline phase but going into its 3 session, he began to slightly show concentration and improve.…

In this article, the authors, O’Connor, Lerman, Fritz, & Hodde, are expanding on current research concerning increasing the recycling habits of U.S consumers. First, the reader is informed on current recycling statistics presented by Keep America Beautiful; including how “in 2006, U.S. consumers recycled only 28% of their recyclable waste” (711). Moreover, the authors point out that the increasing popularity of plastic water bottles contributes to the amount of recyclable waste, and how this…