Unit 7 Learning Activity Assignment
Application of Functional Communication Training
For this Learning Activity, please review the video: Application of Functional Communication Training. Based on your assigned textbook and journal article readings for the current unit, answer the questions on the Unit 7 Learning Activity Template.
Just fill in the answers on the template
This week’s Reading will center on interventions and procedures utilized by ABA practitioners to teach new independent living skills and behavioral responses. The content centers on principles involved in shaping and chaining procedures. Focus will also be on behavior change through Functional Communication Training.
Read the following chapters in your Applied Behavior Analysis text:
- Chapter 19: “Shaping” (pp. 420–426)
- Chapter 20: “Chaining” (pp. 434–447)
- Chapter 23: “Antecedent Interventions” (pp. 494–496)
In addition to the textbook reading, please search the Library for the following article to be used as a supplemental resource for the Unit 7 Learning Activity:
Durand, V., & Merges, E. (2001). Functional communication training: A contemporary behavior analytic intervention for problem behaviors. Focus On Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities, 16(2), 110.
References to be used are as followed
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2007). Applied Behavior Analysis(2nd ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Durand, V., & Merges, E. (2001). Functional communication training: A contemporary behavior analytic intervention for problem behaviors. Focus On Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities, 16(2), 110.
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