Behavioral Interventions

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Behavioral Interventions

• Western Michigan University
• Spring 2008
• Distance Course in
• Amman, Jordan
• Jordan University Of Science Technology
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  /DickMalott

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Final fiesta.Amal AlJedye

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The purpose

• To reinforce the child to do more appropriate
  behavior such as kiss his sister instead of
  throwing object toward her or bite her all the
  time.

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• Introduction
• Hussam he is 5 years old ,
• mentally health, he does not complain from any
  medical problem or chronic disease,
• he is lonely child for his family ,
• ,has no problem in verbal language ,his parents
  especially his mother provide all care to child
  and provide him with various type of toys .

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• problem behavior( throwing object toward his
  sister ,bite ) ,start before four monuth when his
  mother delivered his baby sister ,

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Reinforcment contengency
After Child has attention.
Before Child has no attention
Behavior Child disruptive(throwing object toward
his sister, bite)
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• Punishment contingency.
• Aversive stimulus

Before Child receive no reprimand.
Behavior Child disruptive(throwing object toward
his sister, bite)
After. Child receive reprimand
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• But the child behavior not decrease so, mother
  decide to use more aversive punisher , by
  slapping child his face when he do disruptive
  behavior

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• Punishment contengency.

Behavior Child disrupt (throwing object toward
his sister .,bite her.
Before Child receive no slap in his face.
After Child receive slap in his face.
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• At first behavior decrease to few days then
  increase to previous level.

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Recording system of child disruptive behavior
(base line)
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Base line
Frequency of response
Number of week
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• So I am not expert in behavioral analysis, but I
  try to apply the principle of behavioral analysis
  that I study it this semester with this child

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• I advice my relative to use extinction of
  attention by ignoring him or not pay attention
  to him ,but she must be careful that throwing
  object not harm the baby .
• Extinction means stopping the reinforcement or
  escape contingency for a previously reinforced
  response causes the response frequency to
  decrease.

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• Extinction contingency

Before Child has no attention.
Behavior Child disrupt (throwing object toward
his sister .,bite her.
After Child has no attention.
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• At first there is initial increase of response
  more than first (more than 25 time per day) then
  decrease its met the definition of extinction
  burst
• After that child behavior decrease gradually
  from 20 time per day to 10 time per day .

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• So we try other contingency, in assessment of
  child I notice he prefer to watch T.V(cartoon)
  very much ,but his mother allow him to watch T.V
  just for one hour per day 4-5 pm and the child
  sleep at 9 pm ..
• But every now and then he do destructive behavior
  so I used penalty contingency

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Penalty contingency
Before Child watch T.V(cartoon) T.V on
Behavior Child disrupt (throwing object toward
his sister .,bite her
After Child did not watch T.V(cartoon) for 3
mint (T,V off)
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• The child disruptive behavior decrease for few
  days from 20-5 time per day ,return back and
  decrease ,
• but finally I advice her mother to put rule
  (contract) between him and his brother if he do
  more appropriate behavior such as kiss his sister
  instead of throwing object or biting her through
  all the day he will see extra 30 minute cartoon
  on TV before sleep time( I chose this reinforcer
  because the child like cartoon too much to addict
  degree).

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• So this is Rule control, which is mean the
  statement of rule control the response described
  in that rule
• And its Rule governed behavior behavior under
  the control of rule
• So child new behavior (kiss her sister ) instead
  of disruptive behavior under control of rule.

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Opportunity for response Dead line before end of
day.
Behavior He kiss her sister.
After He will not loss opportunity to have extra
30 mint watching T.V (cartoon) before sleep
Before He will loss opportunity to have extra 30
mint watching T.V ( cartoon) before sleep
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• So this analogs to avoidance ,because there a
  dead line ,and delay in out come more than 60
  second test ,so it fall the 60 second test
  which means the out come must follow the
  response within or less 60 second to reinforce or
  punish the response.
• So its worked and child disruptive behavior
  decrease to near zero.

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Intervention
Frequency of response
Number of week