Discussion 3 ABA 630
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Discussion 3: Week 3
Explain the importance of designing intervention plans that can be replicated by paraprofessionals and caregivers. Intervention plan is designed after the early observation stages are done and will continue to be updated as each time the client can successfully master their skills independently. The intervention plan also has a purpose which is to be implemented with various strategies to address the learning behavior. The intervention plan can also be called a BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan) and BIPs are based on functional behavioral assessments (FBA) (Mayer et al., 2019) These BIPs are also individualized per each client because each client will be different and are different; not one person is the same.The importance that the intervention plan can be replicated by paraprofessionals and caregivers is to carry one of the most important characteristics of ABA; technological. Technological has the definition of a written description of all procedures used in the study is sufficiently complete and detailed to enable others to replicate it (Cooper et al., 2020). This simply means that anyone should be able to replicate the interventions. Cooper et al., 2020 stated that it would be a presentation of technological competence of a procedural description is to have a trained ABA practitioner be able to read the description of an intervention and be able to perform the procedure in detail. The behavioral intervention needs to be first implemented efficiently in order for the intervention to properly work. The quality of the BIP is important because the higher the quality, the more likely the BIP will result in positive outcomes (Cook et al., 2010; Mayer et al., 2019).
Unfortunately, when it comes to the caregivers being able to implement the intervention plan, there needs to be some sort of training for them, and this is where the training from the BCBA and the ABA practitioners come in. ABA professionals often go through training to learn about different strategies that are used when implementing behavior interventions which usually are a couple of days to weeks, and this also comes with learning new terms in the ABA field and important information to why ABA is valuable. The BCBA would have to give some information to the Behavioral Interventionalist about the BIP and show the BI what to do and how to do it properly. It is also the BCBA’s job to talk to the caregivers of the client to let them know what the plans are and what the ABA team is going to do to address the behavior. After a few times of the ABA team implementing the strategies, it would then be the job of the BCBA to teach the caregivers on how to implement certain interventions as well as the rest of the ABA team to also help teach the guardians. This is one if not the most important things that would be done. The BIP needs to be simple enough to be able to understand what needs to be done and be able to be replicated by people who do not have any ABA training to help with the therapy. By being able to replicate the intervention away from the session times, will not only help the client, but will help keep the interventions in place so the client will not lose any progress.
What are some procedures a behavior consultant can use
when coaching others about the behavior intervention plan?
When it comes to coaching others about BIPs, one must make sure that the people we are coaching are on board with the plans that are set for the learner. There are instances where family members are not totally on board with what we ABA practitioners do and what ABA does for patients who are diagnosed with neurological disorders. At my current company, I had a client that had sessions both at home and in the clinic, and luckily for me I was part of both session areas. This particular client had a parent who did not agree with some areas of the BIP, and another parent did not believe in what ABA practitioners do or if ABA was going to help. It took months for both my supervisors and me to convince them that ABA does work,
but it just takes time and patience. During this time, we had to do toilet training in both locations, and it was really hard on all of us. Working with the client for two months with toilet training, the learner was able to successfully let us know when they needed to go and void. When these instances happened more at home, this was when the parents both started to see the work that we do and the patience that goes with it. We as ABA practitioners have to constantly let the people, we are coaching that it takes time and not to give up. It is like the saying “practice makes perfect”, we need to continue to work (“practice”) with the learner. Also, if the BIP is showing no signs of positive change then there would be some changes to the BIP in order to give our clients success in their programs. Another procedure that we can use is to offer monthly parent/guardian training so the success of the clients can continue away from the ABA therapy sessions. This will also help the guardians on how to use ABA at home or any environment. As I mentioned earlier, by being able to conduct some behavioral intervention strategies away from therapy sessions, the client would be able to succeed in their
behavioral progress.
References
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied Behavior Analysis
. Pearson Education, Inc. Mayer, G. R., Sulzer-Azaroff, B., & Wallace, M. (2019). Behavior analysis for lasting change
. Sloan Publishing.
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