Description
Book SynopsisA cornucopia of ideas, strategies, and concepts that will apply to virtually any situation! The authors address sensory, communication, and physical and social-emotional issues by increasing desired behaviors and decreasing unwanted behaviors. You will also learn how to build sensory diets into everyday activities; use antecedent control; teach students to self-regulate; deal with self-injurious behaviors, physical or verbal aggression, toilet training, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and fixations; deal with crisis/stress/data management, data management, and much more. Whatever problems you face, you'll find helpful solutions to them in this book. This book should be on every teacher's and parent's bookshelf. Great reference source! Helpful sections include: Impact of Autism Characteristics What Does Communication Have to do With Behavior? Sensory Issues and Behavior Social Skills and Social/Emotional Issues Structuring the Environment for Success Increasing Desired Behaviors Decreasing Unwanted Behaviors Crisis Management and Other Special Problems Discipline Procedures and Behavior Intervention Plans Stress Management
Trade ReviewI've already tried some of your behavior strategies—and they worked! Thanks for such a useful book."—Parent of a child with PDD
"At long last! A book on behavior strategies that was comprehensive, easy to understand and easy to use. Thank you Beth and Maria!"—Special Education Teacher
Table of Contents
- I. Impact of Autism Characteristics
- A. Critical Characteristics Impacting Behavior
- B. Impact on Home Environment
- C. Impact on School Environment
- II. What Does Communication Have to do With Behavior?
- A. Communication Characteristics
- B. Suggestions for Addressing Behavior Through Effective Communication Programs
- C. Alternative Communication
- D. Assistive Technology and Communication
- E. Sign Language
- F. Facilitated Communication
- III. Sensory Issues and Behavior
- A. Alertness
- B. Hypersensitivities
- C. Hyposensitivities
- D. Dysfunctions in Specific Sensory Systems
- E. Interventions for Sensory Issues
- IV. Physiological Needs That May Impact Behavior
- A. Medical
- B. Medication Issues
- C. Diets and Allergies
- D. Vitamin Therapy
- V. Social Skills and Social/Emotional Issues
- A. Characteristics
- B. Social Skills Training
- C. Social Stories
- D. Social Review
- E. Comic Strip Conversations
- F. Books
- G. Peer Assisted Interventions
- VI. Structuring the Environment for Success
- A. Physical Environment
- B. Routines and Rituals
- C. Visual Cues
- D. Schedules
- E. Include a Sensory Diet
- VII. Increasing Desired Behaviors
- A. Functional Analysis
- B. Antecedent Control
- C. Self-regulation
- D. Guidelines for Setting Up and Using a “Safe" Area
- E. Using Consequences to Change Behaviors
- F. Reinforcement
- 1. Reinforcer Assessments
- 2. Positive Reinforcement
- 3. Sensory Reinforcers
- 4. Social Reinforcers
- 5. Activity Reinforcers
- 6. Tangible Reinforcers
- 7. Token Systems
- 8. Negative Reinforcement
- G. Developing New Behaviors
- 1. Task Analysis and Chaining
- 2. Backward Chaining
- 3. Successive Approximation
- H. Compliance Training
- 1. Effective Cues
- 2. Three-step Prompting
- 3. Speak and Spin
- 4. Lovaas and Other Compliance Training Programs
- VIII. Decreasing Unwanted Behaviors
- A. Punishment Versus Negative Consequences
- B. Ignoring Misbehavior
- C. Differential Reinforcement
- D. Behavioral Momentum
- E. Time-Out
- 1. TOOTS
- 2. Contingent Observation
- 3. Isolated Time-Out
- 4. Exclusionary Time-Out
- 5. Delayed Time Loss
- F. Response Cost
- IX. Crisis Management and Other Special Problems
- A. Early Warning Signs
- B. Managing Meltdowns or Catastrophic Reactions
- C. Aggression
- 1. Verbal Aggression
- 2. Physical Aggression
- 3. Self-injurious Behavior
- D. Temper Tantrums
- E. Self-stimulatory Behaviors
- F. Running Away
- G. Dramatic Exits
- H. Safety Issues
- I. Pica
- J. Climbing
- K. Other Special Problems
- 1. Feeding Issues
- 2. Stripping and Disrobing
- 3. Masturbation
- 4. Toilet Training
- 5. Sleep Problems
- 6. Obsessions and Compulsions
- 7. Fixations
- X. Discipline Procedures and Behavior Intervention Plans
- A. 1997 Amendments to IDEA
- B. Behavior Intervention Plans
- C. Common Mistakes Made by School Districts
- D. Level Systems
- XI. Putting It All Together
- A. Observations
- B. Behavior Descriptions
- C. Measuring Progress
- D. Reporting Information
- E. Program Changes
- F. Generalization Training
- G. Fading Intervention
- XII. Stress Management
- XIII. Final Gems
- Appendices
- A. Behavior Intervention Plans
- B. Data Collection Forms
C. Resources
Glossary
- References
