a POSITIVE PUNISHMENT is:

something is added to decrease behav

a NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT is;

something is taken away to decrease behav

2 types;

response

 time out

 TIME OUT is;

a type of negative punisher

means time away from pos reinfr

should be for short periods

--long periods results in habituation

2 types of time out

non-exclusionary

exculsionary

EXCLUSIONARY TIME OUT

excluded completely from environ

-ie kid is being dangerous, taken out of room

NON-EXCLUSIONARY TIMEOUT

type of TIMEOUT 

remains in room but looses access to preferred activities

CONTINGENT OBSERVATION

a type of EXCLUSIONARY TIME OUT

remains in room but looses access to preferred activities and u have to watch your peers engage

RESPONSE COST

 a type of neg pun

problem behav results in a specified amount of reinforcer

 ie if you bite you will lose a point

SEQUENTIAL MODIFICATION is;

to enhance stimulus generalization, identify the key ppl and places and train in their presence

ie train at home w mom around and in classroom w teach

SUFFICIENT EXEMPLARS;

to increase response generalization

identify a few HIGHLY RELELVANT exemplars to teach child, so they get the main principle

ie bird; show robin, hawk, chicken

PERSON CENTERED PLANNING is;

method for identifying meaningful goals

must involve child and fam

BEHAVIORAL CONTRACTS;

 identify a specific relationship between the completion of a specific behav a and a specific reward

LEVEL SYSTEM;

a type of token economy

increase the amount of responsibility and the rewards of the student in phases until finally they are doing alot of self monitoring and have alot of responsibility

3 aspects of a TOKEN ECONOMY are;

1.  behaviors involved are first defined

2. a medium of exchange is established

ie stars/checks

3.  backup reinforcer that can be purchased w tokens must be established

4 classes of procedure are;

1. behavoral contract

2.  token economy

3.  group oriented contingencies

4.  self management

DEPENDENT GROUP ORIENTED CONTINGENCY;

reinforcer for group is dependent on behav of one student

 INTERDEPENDENT GROUP ORIENTED CONTINGECNY

all kids in group must meet crtieria before ANYONE can get reinforcer