week. The last accel data point for the week was 16, indicating that AIM was met. The acquisition decel data is presented with low level, no trend, and low variability.
Figure 3.1 displays the fluency data collected for the week December 4
th
- December 9
th
. As shown above, the fluency accel is staying at a high level, with no trend and with low variability. The variability is hypothesized to be related to me being able to maintain AIM due to not working this week; having enough energy to do timings. Although with these results, fluency was still maintained throughout the week. The fluency decel is present at a low level, with no trend, and low variability.
Study Approach and Adjustments
Antecedent:
My current study schedule has shown to be effective over deck 3. The first step was
to set my weekly goal to be 13 which is 1 accel away from AIM. With that being said, I determined my reinforcers for the week, and if this goal is met by Friday, then my behavior can get reinforced by having Saturday morning to be a day to “sleep in”. Another goal I set for myself is that if I sustain meeting AIM, I can spend majority of the day with my husband on Saturday to do some walking at the park or beach. My current reinforcement procedures include one, behavior being reinforced by completing the SAFMEDS cards study time and inputting the data by 10:00pm. Additional procedures include studying 4 days per week for 10 minutes by reading through term cards I made of Deck 3 by saying the terms/definitions out loud. The last procedure I can do is use the “study mode” on the SAFMEDS app after studying the term cards . If I am successful with the last two procedures, I can reinforce my behavior by watching my preferred TV show(s) before bed.
Behavior
: For five days this week, I ran five 30-second timings and entered the best data points into Precision X. For my fluency deck 3 from previous SAFMEDS decks, I ran three to four 30-second timings across all 5 days of the week. The data is analyzed for fluency with the previous decks from ABA 620- 630. With the timings maintaining fluency, I was content of being able to still reach AIM with the fluency deck while also being able to reach AIM with deck 3 of SAFMEDS in ABA 630.
Consequence
: Following my last best timing, I entered the data into Precision X immediately. I looked at the data for the week and the deck to see if AIM was sustained throughout week 7
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This
week’s acquisition accel data had low variability while AIM was met. At the end of week 7, I met my weekly accel goal of 13 and was able to get 16 accel while having my behavior reinforced with “sleeping in” on Saturday. I was also successful in maintaining AIM and was reinforced with being able to go out on Saturday with my husband. With being successful with studying and inputting my scores before 10:00pm every weeknight, my behavior was able to be reinforced by watching my preferred TV show(s) before bed.
Adjustments
: Due to the accel meeting AIM for week 7, I will continue to use the current studying procedures with the upcoming week of week 8.
