Transcript Decreasing Inappropriate Vocalizations through a Verbal Model

Decreasing Inappropriate
Vocalizations through a
Verbal Model
Chanie Goldberg
Gili Rechany
Shema Kolainu-Hear
Our Voices
October 14,2004
Functional Communication
Literature
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Function of Academic Responses
Establishing Operations
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Carr & Durand, 1985
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Reducing Behavior Problems Through
Functional Communication Training
Schreibman & Carr, 1978
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Elimination of echolalic responding to
questions through the training of generalized
verbal response.
Current Investigation
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Our Problem:
Emittance of inappropriate vocalizations
during individualized instruction.
 Socially inappropriate behavior.
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Objective:
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Functional communication training
through a verbal behavior model.
Procedure
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DV: Total number of inappropriate
vocalizations emitted by the student.
IV:Intraverbal Training- “Verbal behavior
under the control of other verbal behavior
(Greer, 2002).”
Baseline:
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Classroom Ratio 6:1:4
Data collected between the hours of 8:3010:30, during individualized instruction.
Mechanical counter utilized to record
inappropriate vocalizations throughout tenminute sessions.
Procedure
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Intervention:
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Intraverbal Training
• Academic programs
• 20 Learn Units
• Feature and Class
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Example:
• Baseline- “Point to red”
• Intervention- “The apple is ______”
Results
Decreasing inappropriate vocalizations through a verbal behavior model
Inappropriate vocalizations (10 minute
sessions)
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
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Sessions
13
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Discussion/Conclusion
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Intraverbal training was an effective tactic
in decreasing inappropriate vocalizations.
What we learned:
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Intraverbal training should be generalized to
other settings to maintain results.
Time sampling should be taken throughout
the day.
Current level of performance
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Intraverbal training will be implemented
across multiple settings.