Week 6 Discussion: Skills-Based Assessment
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To prepare for this discussion, review the following:
- Ackley, M., Subramanian, J. W., Moore, J. W., Litten, S., Lundy, M. P., & Bishop, S. K. (2019). A review of language development protocols for individuals with autism [PDF]. Journal of Behavioral Education, 28, 362-388.
At this point in your educational journey, you should be familiar with functional behavior assessment, preference assessment, and reinforcer assessment. But you may or may not be as familiar with some of the skills-based assessments typically used for individuals with ASD. Research the VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, and PEAK relational training assessments-three of the most common assessments. This discussion will focus on sharing your findings and/or your experience with them.
For this discussion, address the following in your initial post:
- What are some pros and cons of each?
- Of the three, which might you choose to assess your client’s current skill levels? Why?
- How might you go about getting the experience with this assessment if you haven’t had it yet?
Response Guidelines
Read the posts of your peers and offer substantive, constructive comments to at least one fellow learner on what they have posted for the week.
- Your writing: Each post should be courteous, succinct, professional, well written, and organized, using proper writing mechanics, grammar, and punctuation.
- Your post: Please post something to the discussion board related to the content covered this week. Don’t create your own post as a response to your classmate’s post.
Week 6 Discussion: Steps of a Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Conducting an FBA allows you to determine the purpose or function of a specific behavior for a particular person. You can then use that information to design intervention strategies to decrease that behavior. For this discussion, complete the following:
- Explain how each step of an FBA is conducted and how each of these steps helps the behavior analyst come to a conclusion on the function of the behavior.
- Identify the step you would choose to conduct in the FBA, if you had to choose just one step. Explain why.
Response Guidelines
Read the posts of your peers and respond to one. Your response should be substantive and demonstrate your understanding of the material. What aspects of the post do you like or agree with? Are there areas that are not clear? Did the post spark questions that you would like to ask your peer? In this, and in all of your courseroom posts, be sure to keep your tone scholarly, respectful, and professional.
