5. Road That Works Mapping
• Use as a celebration tool
• Get your child involved as illustrator, narrator or
writer based on her interest & age
• Illustrate how the choice your child made helped
him get the best outcome
Community
8. Preference Assessment
• A concrete way to figure out what a person prefers
• Good for identifying bonus reinforcers
– We use bonus reinforcers to help children learn to use
a new behavior (especially when the old road is very
well worn or if the new behavior is a bit difficult to use)
– Used to teach the new behavior but once it is strong
enough we fade bonus reinforcers out (rewarding
every time, to about every 3 times, to about every 5
times…)
Content
9. Using Bonus Reinforcement
Exercise Run with grandkids
Content
ExerciseExercise Enrollment fee back
Exercise Get check in at gym
Years
Months
Today
10. Preference Assessment – How?
• Collect a few things you think my be favorites (or
photos of activities that might be favorites)
• Set them out and let the child choose
• Simple real life applications (i.e. 3 cereals in
shopping cart, high secret toy shelf, book store)
• Watch video of a formal two-item preference
assessment at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=tXY4VFMi0KI
Content
11. Extinction
• Fancy word that just describes what happens when
you BREAK the connection between the original
behavior and its maintaining consequence
– Screaming from across room no longer results in a
response from me
– Crying at bedtime no longer results in more cuddle time
with me
Content
Antecedent
Original
Behavior
Replacement
Behavior
Consequence
14. Show of Hands
• Review your observation sheet
• What seems to be reinforcing the behavior?
– Access to attention (physical, conversation…)
– Access to tangible (toy, snack…)
– Escaping from something currently unpleasant
– Avoiding something unpleasant
– Other?
Collaboration
16. Fred Goes to Bed
Understand
Plan
Advertise
Include
Practice Happy
Rule Comes True
Celebrate
Collaboration
17. Fred (Smith) Goes to Bed
• Understand Write down notes on three nights
• Plan Determine function is avoidance of being alone
• Advertise Use calendar to show when change is coming
• Include Shop for cereal, write new routine together & include 1
OK extender (“Each night you get to choose if you want a
bonus song for 3 more minutes or not!”)
• Practice Happy Play “bedtime” during playtime
• Rule Comes True Honor bonus song but not old tricks
• Celebrate Allow child to eat special breakfast cereal
Collaboration
18. Fred (Watson) Goes to Bed
• Understand Use calendar to chart troublesome nights for wk
• Plan Determine function is access to parent, write concerns
down, write dream night down, now?, practice mantra
• Advertise Make paper chain to count down until change
• Include Take photos of each step of routine with child, create
make-your-own-milk bar, make 3 bedtime hug passes
• Practice Happy Role play bedtime pass use during fun times
• Rule Comes True Child may use bedtime pass for a hug, if no
bedtime pass then silently return child to bedroom & leave
• Celebrate If any bedtime passes left in am then exchange for
morning make-your-own-milk bar (fade to just 1)
Collaboration
19. Fill in the Blanks
• My child currently (challenging behavior).
• (The consequence) is maintaining the behavior.
• Often (antecedent) comes before the behavior.
• Instead, we would like to teach him/her to
(replacement behavior) in order to access (the
consequence).
Collaboration
20. DIY A Better Way
Understand
Plan
Advertise
Include
Practice Happy
Rule Comes True
Celebrate
Collaboration
21. At-Home Extension
• Two Extensions for next two weeks (no workshop
next wk). Both due by Sunday, May 5th at midnight.
If everyone submits on time then BIG prize!
– HAT MEETING EMAIL: Please plan to have HAT meeting
this week or next to finish your DIY Lesson Plan! Email
me: “HAT MEETING COMPLETE” after you have had it.
– PHOTO: Please send me a photo of any part of your
DIY A Better Way process (HAT meeting, doing a
preference assessment, illustrating a Starring You How
To, role playing, celebration breakfast…)
Collaboration
