Staff Training In and Through Behavior Analysis

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Staff Training In and Through Behavior Analysis

• Gili Rechany, MA
• Educational Supervisor
• Shema Kolainu- Hear Our Voices
• October 14, 2004

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New staff training task analysis

• First Morning
• Review of class schedule
• Daily rotation
• Lunch schedule
• Portfolios
• Components ABLLS, program list, reinforcement
  inventory, programs/data sheets, graphs, VB,
  daily totals, weekly criterion graph, student of
  the day
• Students
• Reinforcers
• Behavioral Plans
• Medical alerts

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Data collection

• Review components of program sheets
• Reliability data collection 100 agreement with
  teacher observed x3 (consecutive)
• STO 1 Observe teacher run 3 programs
• STO 2 New staff runs programs (with TPRA) with
  teacher prompts
• STO 3 New staff runs programs no teacher
  model/prompts,
• new staff probes observer for
  information
• STO 4 New staff runs program independently
  (100x5)
• STO 5 Groups/duration data collection can
  start when new
• teacher has a total of 10
  consecutive correct TPRAs
• across 3 domains.

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Graphing/Summary data

• Where do data points go?
• X axis any Y axis
• Labels
• Dates
• Why do we collect data?
• Scientific Decisions
• Validity/Reliability
• What is done daily, weekly with data?
• Classroom
• School wide

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PSI- Personalized System of Instruction

• Modules (Keller, 1968, Greer, 2002)
• Verbal behavior about the Science- vocabulary of
  the science of verbal behavior
• Contingency-Shaped Behavior- Operent behavior
  shaped directly by consequences
• Verbally-Mediated Behavior- behavior that is
  mediated or controlled by verbal behavior rather
  then contingencies

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TPRA- Teacher Performance Rate/Accuracy

• Components of a TPRA (Ingham Greer, 1992)
• The Learn Unit (Albers Greer, 1991)
• Rate
• Collateral Praise
• Graphs/Public posting
• Trends
• Immediate feedback
• Evaluates Contingency-shaped teaching responses

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Teacher Performance Rate/Accuracy
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Collateral Behavior
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Staff Training Opportunities

• Staff Meetings
• Weekly workshops
• Rapid Data presentation
• PSI- Principles of behavior and strategies for
  teaching.
• Classroom meetings
• Tactical decisions
• Student performance