Good Behavior

Autism is becoming more prevalent in the US. According to the CDC “Approximately 1 in 68 children in the United States has an Autism Spectrum Disorder”. Boys are more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls. Most children with autism are affected by tooth decay and other dental diseases. Childhood tooth decay is the #1 chronic children disease. Tooth decay doesn’t just affect children with special needs but the general population. Not all children with autism are getting the proper oral…

Designing and implementing a BIP in response to a student demonstrating “repeated inappropriate behaviour” is one of the requirements of Durack State School as outlined in the Responsible Behaviour Plan for Students (Education Queensland, n.d., p. 3). Following the referral to the Special Needs Team by Louise’s teacher, data collected through a FBA has been used to inform the creation of the BIP (see Appendix A) (Scott, Anderson & Alter, 2012). A BIP is a written document that describes what…

the Flies, young boys ranging from six to twelve are stranded on a desert island after their plane has crashed. They have no connection or communication with society and the outside world, therefore they have no adults regulating their actions and behaviors. Without adults controlling them, they are able to make their own rules to abide by. But as the novel progresses, some of the boys begin to disregard the rules and societal rules that they were once familiar with. Soon, their actions become…

primarily as a brief treatment for depression, BA lays the groundwork to empowerment or stimuli by identifying the components of a behavior analysis which pertain to; reason, purpose and motivation. Charles Ferster’s functional analysis of depression has been described as the theoretical underpinning of BA. In support of the conceptualization of depression through behavior, it has been noted that a common component of depression is the depleted participation in pleasure seeking and enjoyable…

chip cookies from scratch; then I asked you if I had chocolate chips in the cabinet. Most likely they would say “Yes” because they assume I have chocolate chips since I plan on making cookies. Script in social psychology is defined as a “series of behaviors, actions, and consequences that are expected in a particular situation or environment” (Schemas and Scripts, 2016). An example of a social script is buying groceries. We leave the house with our bags, wallet and grocery list. We drive to the…

Arguably the most important goal for a coach to achieve is to prevent children dropping out of football whilst maintaining enjoyment and increasing performance levels. Organised youth sport programmes see an average dropout rate of 35% a year (Gould & Petlichkoff, 1988). There’s a variety reasons for increased participation in sport, such as availability of facilities and family support however not every child is lucky enough to benefit from this, making the role of the coach vitally important.…

proposed study is the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM). The TTM is one of the health behavior theories that focus on individuals (Glanz, Rimer, & Viswanatah, 2015). TTM uses stages of change to integrate processes and principles of change across major theories of intervention, hence the term transtheoretical. TTM is an integrative framework for understanding how individuals and populations progress toward adopting and maintaining health behavior change for optimal health. Core…

Practicum Application Number One Teachers of all early childhood classrooms must ensure they have a plan for classroom management. Classroom management includes the establishment of a positive learning environment or encouraging classroom, physical arrangement of the classroom with learning centers, determination of developmentally appropriate lessons and activities involving movement, routines and schedules, behavioral management, and organization of learning materials (Gartrell, 2014), This…

Born in 1864 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a child of a Michigan Supreme Court Judge, Charles Horton Cooley experienced childhood in a family unit where training was exceedingly esteemed and with elevated requirements set upon him by his aspiring father. In 1894, Cooley earned his PhD from the University of Michigan. In 1905, he established the American Sociological Association and in 1907 turned into a full teacher of humanism at the University of Michigan. He remained educating at the college for…

focused on it. In the article,“Out of Tragedy, A Good Life,” Olympia’s parents died before she was…