Challenging Behavior

  Please remember to put your name on the top of all assignments. Questions should be answered in full sentences, all answers should be long enough to thoroughly address the topic. Guercio, J. M., & Cormier, R. J. (2015). Blending Stimulus Fading Procedures with Forward Chaining to Address Treatment Resistance in an Adult with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behavior analysis in practice, 8(2), 215-218. Luiselli, J. K., Sperry, J. M., & Draper, C. (2015). Social validity assessment of physical restraint intervention by care providers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Behavior analysis in practice, 8(2), 170-175. Reid, D. H., Parsons, M. B., & Lattimore, L. P. (2010). Designing and evaluating assessment-based interventions to reduce stereotypy among adults with autism in a community job. Behavior analysis in practice, 3(2), 27-36. 1. What is treatment resistance? 2. What is a virtual environment? How can this technique be used to increase independence for adults? 3. Describe the stimulus fading procedure used to increase toleration of riding in the van. 4. What are the results from the social validity questionnaire on the use of restraint in an applied setting with adults? 5. Describe the multi-step assessment procedure used be Reid, Parsons and Lattimore. What were the benefits of this assessment? How did it help to guide intervention? Can you envision applying this procedure to teaching other skills? 6. What is challenging behavior? 7. What is the significance of conducting an FBA as it relates to being able to design an effective intervention to reduce challenging behavior Reflect on the author’s position on Stereotypical behaviors as this position relates to choice, competency, control and preference. How does function of behavior play into this analysis? Regarding the PAAL resources: 1. Explain the benefit of writing a behavior plan in three parts 2. What is the value in the Hot Sheet? The Base line Survival test