Writing Question

In Week 8, you will present a mock case study to your supervising BCBA. The slides should be short phrases or sentences as bullet points to cover the evaluation of the first six months of your treatment plan. You will be provided a referral behavior and assigned function in the courseroom by your instructor.

In this assignment, you will focus on the first part of the presentation. The slide deck requirements for the first part are:

• Client Information and Referral Behavior.
• Current Services Provided.
• Referral Behavior Goal and Data Collection Method.
• Referral Behavior Intervention.
• Data Display.
• Progress and Next Steps.
• References.

Important notes:

• No audio recording is needed for this assignment.
• Review the assignment instructions and rubric to ensure all required aspects are covered.
• Use the as a starting point.
• Remember, you are acting as the supervisor but reporting to your supervising BCBA since you are not yet certified.

Instructions

The slides you complete for this assignment will be used for your 815 minute presentation in Week 8. This assignment is to get feedback on your content for the first part of the presentation. Include each section detailed below in your Progress Report Slide Deck Part 1.

Reminder: Your presentation should be bullet points outlining the key areas you’ll discuss. Avoid long paragraphs. Audio will be added in Week 8 to elaborate on the bullet points. Audio is NOT required for this assignment.

Use the to complete the following:

Self-Assessment Slide (1 Slide)

This slide requires filling out the table provided. You will not change or delete any part of this table. Instead, just add in your answer for the self-assessment related to the work that you turned in.

Title Slide (1 Slide)

Slide 1 should include the following:

• A title for your presentation.
• Your name.
• The course name and number.
• Your instructor’s name.

Client Information and Referral Behavior (1 Slide)

• Briefly describe the individual, including:
  • Client code/name (to protect personal information-including citation to ethical codes).
  • Age.
  • Other pertinent information.
  • Your client is entirely fictional. You can base your client on your current job placement. For example, if you work in a K6 school, you can select a 10-year-old and define that fictional person’s referral behavior. If you work in an adult group home, you can select a 45-year-old and define that fictional person’s referral behavior. This allows for the assignment to be more applicable to your current workplace situation. If you are not currently working in ABA, you will fabricate a client of your choosing.
• Label and define your assigned referral behavior.
  • Referral behavior will always refer to the behavior for reduction.
  • Provide an operational definition.
    • The operational definition should fit the fictional client that you introduced.
    • Examples and non-examples do not need to be on the slide but should be included in the audio in Week 8.
• Label the confirmed function that you were assigned.
• Provide the social significance of changing the referral behavior and cite at least one scholarly source to support this statement. At least one scholarly resource is REQUIRED on every slide to support your work.
• Adhere to and cite current BACB related to information provided. BACB ethical citations are REQUIRED on every slide. Adhere to compassionate practice and cite the when appropriate.

Current Services Summary (1 Slide)

• Summarize the services that are currently approved and have been in place for the duration of the time you are presenting (last 6 months). Please include:
  • The setting where services were provided. This can be one or multiple settings, whatever is clinically appropriate for the client you described.
  • Materials that are needed for the intervention.
  • The funding source for the services (who is paying).
  • The approved service hours for the full team.
    • How many RBT hours?
    • How many mid-level supervision hours (non-BCBA supervision).
    • How many BCBA hours?
    • How many parent training hours? And with who? (Optional.)

Referral Behavior Goal and Data Collection Method (1 Slide)

• Provide the outcome criteria related specifically to your assigned referral behavior.
  • The goal needs to label all components of behavior change that would need to be met for services to be considered complete and start fading.
  • Cite at least one BACB ethical code.
• Provide the data collection method for the referral behavior.
  • State the specific type of data that was used to track the referral behavior.
  • Ensure that your data collection method matches the criterion from your goal.
  • Consider how you will visually display this data (for later in the slides).
  • Cite BACB ethical code and scholarly source to support your choice.

Referral Behavior Intervention Plan, Data, and Progress (35 Slides)

• Briefly outline intervention procedures that were used related to the referral behavior. Remember this intervention has been in place for 6 months and was already approved by your supervising BCBA prior to starting services. You provide a brief summary of the strategies used. Details of changes or shifts in implementation will be outlined. Include:
  • The antecedent strategy used. Details related to changes within the strategy (that is, interval length changes, material changes, et cetera) should be highlighted.
  • The consequent strategy used. Details related to changes within the strategy (that is, interval length changes, reinforcer thinning, et cetera) should be highlighted.
    • Label the strategy used in response to the referral behavior. How did you train your team to react in times when the referral behavior does occur?
    • Label the strategy used to reinforce the replacement behavior you taught. Do not go into detail regarding how you taught the replacement behavior in this section. Here you are only focused on the reinforcement strategy.
• Provide 6 months of intervention data, including a visual display, related to the referral behavior with a bulleted description of what the graph means. Include:
  • Graphical display must include baseline data and intervention data for all sessions conducted in the 6-month period.
  • Description will include label of baseline trend/variability and intervention trend and variability. You will also outline any other aspects that may be necessary.
• Outline current progress toward the referral behavior goal and next steps related to changing this referral behavior. Include:
  • Label the outcome criteria/goal as In Progress or Met and ensure that this label is supported by your graphical display of the data.
  • Provide recommendations for the referral behavior intervention from this point. Will you continue with the current intervention? Will you start to generalize? Will you begin fading the intervention? Support your choice with your data and scholarly resources.
• Cite scholarly references to support the interventions, data methods, and clinical recommendations you provided. Each area/slide is required to have at least one scholarly source, but some slides will need to include more than one. For example, if you list three separate interventions, you should cite three separate scholarly, behavior analytic articles. For example, Premack, DRA, and Blocking would each need a supporting scholarly source. Use the for help searching the library for behavior analytic intervention articles.
• Adhere to and cite specific BACB related to choosing interventions. At least one BACB ethical code citation is required. Adhere to compassionate practice and cite the when appropriate.

References (At Least 1 Slide)

• Provide the APA-formatted citation for all references that are cited on your slides in your presentation.

Refer to the for further details regarding the assignment.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Ensure that slides are free of errors and written to effectively communicate ideas and practices to your selected audience.
• APA formatting: Use current APA format and style for the reference slide and in-text citations. Use for guidance in citing sources in proper APA style. See the for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
• Resources: Include a sufficient number of scholarly and/or professional resources to support your conclusions. You should include your course text (if necessary), behavior analytic peer-reviewed research published within the last 7 years, and the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.
• Length: 810 slides. Your final presentation should be 1520 slides.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment , you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 2: Communicate concepts and principles of behavior analysis, including definitions and characteristics, using the professional standards of applied behavior analysis.
  • Self-Assessment: Complete the self-assessment provided in the template and at least two of the assignment walkthrough activities related to the completed work.
  • APA Compliance, Organization, and Writing Skills: Apply APA formatting to references and graphs, organization of presentation flows well, and contains minimal grammatical or spelling errors.
• Competency 3: Analyze techniques of behavioral measurement and data analysis to display and interpret behavioral data as it applies to the behavior analytic field.
  • Current Services, Goals, and Data Collection: Provide a bulleted list of current services including setting, materials, funding, and hours with clear outcome criteria and a data collection method for the referral behavior.
• Competency 4: Evaluate research-based theories and findings in the experimental evaluation of interventions and treatment designs in the practice of applied behavior analysis.
  • Referral Intervention Data and Progress: Provide a bulleted list on multiple slides that includes the full intervention plan, a visual display and bullet points to describe the data, and progress toward goals.
• Competency 5: Apply behavioral assessment methods for the consideration and selection of targeted outcomes, interventions, and strategies.
  • Client Information and Referral Behavior: Provide a bulleted list including client code, age, other pertinent information, referral behavior definition, function of behavior, and social significance on one slide.

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