Response Effort

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Response Effort
Presenter Jim Wright www.intervention central.org
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www.interventioncentral.org
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Response Effort Example
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Response Effort

• The teacher selects either an undesirable
  behavior to decrease or a desirable behavior to
  increase.
• If necessary, the teacher breaks the targeted
  behavior into more manageable sub-steps.
• The teacher chooses ways to alter the response
  effort required to complete each selected
  behavior or behavior sub-step.

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Response Effort Examples

• TO REDUCE BEHAVIOR. A teacher had a student who
  would walk over to the computer to play academic
  games at inappropriate times. The teacher decided
  to shut the computer down when it was not being
  used. The student did not want to wait for the
  computer to boot up each time he wanted to play
  and quickly stopped using it outside of scheduled
  times.
• TO INCREASE BEHAVIOR. A student with ADHD would
  stall for long periods when assigned independent
  seatwork. The teacher assigned him a peer study
  buddy who helped the student to get organized
  and start the assignment. As a result, the
  student began to turn in work regularly.