Matt Woodard, M.Ed, BCBA Founder/Director, BASICS NW LLC & Shannon Keller, M.Ed. Clinical Supervisor, BASICS NW LLC
Matt Woodard, M.Ed, BCBA
Founder/Director, BASICS NW LLC
&
Shannon Keller, M.Ed.
Clinical Supervisor, BASICS NW LLC
What is appropriate social behavior?
• Contextual Significance
• School
• Church
• Stores, restaurants, malls, etc.
What is appropriate social behavior?
• Personal Significance
• Acquisition of needs
• Able to make contact with naturally-occurring reinforcement
• Achieving independence and self-sufficiency
Why is appropriate social behavior important?
Appropriate social behavior allows for…
• Making contact with reinforcement within the natural environment within the community framework
• Access/Inclusion across home, school, and community contexts (including vocational)
How do we teach appropriate social behavior?
Instruction…
• Explicit Instruction
• Modeling
• Practice (Overcorrection, also known as Positive Practice)
• Application in natural settings
*Positive reinforcement is used in all phases to shape approximations toward the terminal objective
How do we teach appropriate social behavior?
Generalization…
• Family
• Other providers
• Community Members
How do we teach appropriate social behavior?
Maintenance…
• Identify natural reinforcement contingencies
• Collaboration with community agencies and supports to ensure reinforcement contingencies will be available
Systems of Instruction
• Social Scale
• Social Pragmatics Checklist (MindWing Concepts, Inc.)
• Social Behavior Mapping
*All systems utilize differential reinforcement to shape appropriate social
behavior