Multiple Baseline Design Graph Replacement Behavior and Intervention Plan for Chad

Multiple-Baseline Design Graph, Intervention Plan for Chad and Replacement Behavior

This section provides graphical illustration for the treatment of first individual.

The data used for the graph is as follows:

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Earning Points

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Praise

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Token Bonus

This section provides the graphical illustration for the treatment of second individual.

Identification of Chad's appropriate replacement behavior for Chad's incompatible with alternative to the challenging behavior.

After observing Chad's behaviors, his teacher remarks that Chad displayed opposition and non-compliance behaviors. Moreover, it was revealed that Chad displayed disruptive behaviors, oppositional behaviors, did not perform well in academic tasks, and displayed poor social skills leading to isolation by his peers. The positive plan to challenging behavior is reinforcement. However, appropriate replacement behaviors which is not compatible with challenging behaviors are:

Teacher leaves desk

Teacher tap pencil, and makes repetitive noise with his body

Teacher walks away

However, appropriate replacement behaviors for Chad alternative to his challenging behaviors are:

Small group work

Individual instruction

Whole group instruction

Teacher's attention to group.

2. Intervention Plan

Altering the antecedents

Altering consequences for challenging behavior

Teacher should always encourage him with writing by staying at his desk

Staying at his desk will make him improving his academic tasks

Teacher should avoid walking away from him

Staying with him will make him feel sense of belonging, which make him improve his social skills

Teacher should avoid taping pencil, and making repetitive noise with his body

The method will improve his social skills.

Altering the antecedents

Altering consequences for appropriate behavior

Encouraging small group work

The strategy will make him to improve his social skills with his peers

Individual instruction

Will make him improving his academic skills

Whole group instruction

The method will improve his social skills.

Teacher's attention to group.

Will improve his both social and academic skills

Self-monitoring

Will make teacher to observe how he is improving daily

3. Intervention plan for neurotic condition

The intervention strategy include the use behavioral treatment, the use of medication or both. The therapist should use the DTT (Discrete Trial Training) as a behavioral learning theory where a therapist provides rewards for the patient based on the response. The strategy assists modeling, shaping, correct the behavior of the child, which assists in enhancing errorless learning. (Nelson, 2010). The DDT is suited to teach the child the repetitive steps. The DTT is a powerful behavioral technique that will enhance Chad's motor skills, language, academics, emotional expression, and reduce of aggressive behaviors. (Lindgren, & Doobay, 2011).