REINFORCEMENT

REINFORCEMENT

USING BASIC REINFORCEMENT PROCEDURES

WORD FOR THE MONTH

POTENTIAL REINFORCERS - ANYTHING THAT A PERSON SEEMS LIKELY THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR TO GET IT

POTENTIAL REINFORCERVSREINFORCER

REINFORCEMENT

• IT REFERS TO ANYTHING THAT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A RESPONSE WILL OCCUR.

• IT ALSO INCLUDES ANYTHING THAT STRENGHTENS OR INCREASES A BEHAVIOR.

NATURAL AND PROGRAMMED REINFORCEMENT

• IN THERAPY, WE CANNOT SOLELY RELY ON NATURAL REINFORCEMENT.
• AS THERAPISTS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE STRUCTURES AND ADJUSTMENTS DURING SESSION.

comparison

NATURAL REINFORCERS

PROGRAMMED REINFORCERS

vs

• AKA PRIMARY/UNCONDITIONED REINFORCERS
• SPONTANEOUSLY HAPPEN AS PART OF EVERYDAY EVENTS
• DO NOT DEPEND ON LEARNING TO BECOME DESIRABLE; INNATE

• AKA SECONDARY/CONDITIONED REINFORCERS
• REINFORCE BEHAVIOR AFTER BEING RELATED WITH PRIMARY REINFORCER

AUTOMATIC REINFORCEMENT

• A SPECIAL CASE OF NATURAL REINFORCEMENT
• REFERS TO SITUATIONS IN WHICH BEHAVIOR IS MAINTAINED BY OPERANT MECHANISMS INDEPENDENT OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
• NOT MEDIATED BY THE DELIBERATE ACTION OF ANOTHER PERSON

IDENTIFYING AND STRENGTHENING POSITIVE REINFORCERS

"WHAT DOES MY STUDENT VALUE?"

IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL REINFORCERS

• INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES
• DIRECT WAY
• CONDUCTING INTERVIEW AND QUESTIONNAIRES TO PEOPLE THE CHILD IS CLOSED THE MOST
• EASIER, CONVENIENT AND TIME-SAVING

IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL REINFORCERS

• DIRECT ASSESSMENT METHODS

-OBSERVING AND RECORDING THE KID'S REACTIONS TOWARDS A STIMULUS WHEN THEY OCCUR-2 WAYS OF D.A.M.:1. NATURALISTIC OBSERVATIONS 2. PREFERENCE ASSESSMENT

TYPES OF P.A.M.

MULTIPLE STIMULI

PAIRED STIMULI

• MANY ITEMS ARE PRESENTED SIMULTANEOUSLY
• 2 VARIATIONS:
• MULTIPLE STIMULI WITH REPLACEMENT
• MULTIPLE STIMULI WITHOUT REPLACEMENT

SINGLE STIMULUS

• AKA FORCED-CHOICE METHOD
• EACH TRIAL CONSISTS OF PRESENTING 2 ITEMS AND RECORDING THE PERSON'S CHOICE
• DATA IS RECORED ON HOW MANY ITEMS WAS CHOSEN AND THEN ARE RANKED ORDERED

• AKA SUCCESSIVE CHOICE METHOD
• STIMULUS IS PRESENTED AND PERSON'S REACTION TO IT IS NOTED

"REINFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE A BEHAVIOR."

ACTIVITY

OUTPUT

• MAKE A COLLAGE OF YOUR STUDENT'S MOST FAVORITE REINFORCER

• UPLOAD AS ONE AT SMLC TEACHER'S HUB POST -

(TRAINING: REINFORCER)

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