Cheatography
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These are behaviors and strategies you will use to help reduce M's challenging behaviors and increase his quality of life
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Calm
Minimal rate of precursor behaviors |
No triggers present |
Daily schedule/routine in place |
Strategies to Use
Provide enriched environment |
Follow daily schedule routine, antecedent strategies and skill acquizition programs |
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Triggers (Antecedents)
Demands |
Removal |
Denial |
Internal Private Events |
Activities of daily living (teeth brushing, eating, showering). Includes requests to finish started task or activity |
Removal of preferred item item/activity while M is engaging in persevarations |
Denial of vocal persevaration responses |
Physiological and/or psychological processes in M's body that cannot be observed (anxiety, excitement, pain etc) |
Triggers include attempt to physically prompt M during non-preferred tasks and/or during non-compliance with instructions
Strategies to Use
1. Limit access to triggering activity with an advance notice |
2. Offer choice of another prefered activity/item and redirect or refer to visual schedule and redirect |
3. Follow through on demands (modify response effort) |
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Behaviors
Agitation |
Acceleration |
Peak |
Vocal Persevarations |
High pitch sound (higher rate) |
Severe SIB |
Video and book persevarations |
Moderate SIB |
Severe Aggression |
Mild SIB |
Moderate aggression |
Gum picking |
High pitch sound |
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Toe flicking |
Head flicks |
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OCD behaviors |
Strategies to Use
Antecedent Strategies |
Consequence (Response) Strategies |
1. Predictible visual schedule |
1. Functional Communication (prompt and honor appropriate requests for break, more time etc) |
2. Organzation of environment (different locations - defferent activities |
2. Behavior Momentum (attention building prompts to engage in high probability motor and verbal responses |
3. Planned access to preferred environment (bed, videos) |
3. Redirection to another activity |
4. Non-contingent sensory stimulation |
In Peak behaviors refer to Protocols
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De-escalation and Recovery
De-escalation |
Recovery |
M ceased exhibiting Peak behaviors, but continues to exhibit Aggitation and Acceleration behaviors |
Has not exhibited behaviors for 5 minutes |
Strategies to Use
De-escalation |
Recovery |
refer to Aggitation and Acceleration strategies |
Recreate Calm environment |
Provide social praise for calm behaviors |
Resume daily activities |
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