A thorough psychological assessment usually brings to light the problem behavior repertoire of the child. A cross verification interview with the parents of the child can clearly highlight the problem behavior or the behavior list that needs to be worked on. In general it is the attention seeking behavior that demands a behavior management program be implemented.
A simple behavior Management program is likely to include the following tasks:
Break down the complex tasks to suit the attention span of the child.
To decide the motivation contingents - the behaviours to be reinforced.
The Discriminative stimuli need to be fixed, namely the stimuli to which we require the child to respond in a particular way.
Essential features to be followed in any type of Behavior Modification program are:
Lucid, easy to comprehend instructions.
Essentially consistent stimulus situations while the Learning is going on.
The target behavior should be socially significant. |