Development of Intervention
This portion of the project is to develop a Positive Behavioral Intervention for you student and the behavior of concern. It is important to have student input when developing an intervention plan, therefore, it is now appropriate to discuss this project with your person and have them help with the development of the plan. They will need to “buy into” the plan for it to be successful.
- First, list and describe any previous attempts that have been tried to reduce the target behavior. You must have something for this portion of the project. If there have not been any previous attempts, this should be noted.
- Then, in narrative format identify and describe routines, where, when and with whom the behaviors are most likely to occur (using your baseline data) and determine the function of the behavior.
- Next, you will develop the intervention plan. You will need to include the following in your intervention: (PDE – A2, C1, G1, H7, H11, L6, N10)
- Reinforcer(s) to be used during the intervention: The reinforcer (s) should be something that is more motivating that the behavior. (CEC: IGC4S9, IIC4K2, IGC4S1, IIC4S3) Include a description of why this reinforce will work for the intervention.
- Prevention Strategies: What are you going to do to support the person prior to the behavior occurring (antecedent intervention)? Look at the setting and antecedents to determine if there is anything that can be done to prevent the behavior. (IGC4K4, IGC4S9, IIC4K2, IGC4K5, IGC4S1, IIC4S3)
- Replacement Skills: Replacement skills for the behavior should be described in detail based on the function of the behavior. An example may be, if they smoke because of stress you might need to teach stress reduction techniques to the person to help with the behavior. (IGC4K4, IGC4S9, IIC4K2, IGC4K5, IGC4S1, IIC4S3)
- Reinforcement(s) Schedule: How are they going to earn the reinforcers you have identified? Remember to think about schedules of reinforcement. Provide details. (IGC5K2, IGC5S5, IGC5K3, IIC5K4, IIC5K5)
- Consequence(s): Here you want to discuss what will happen if they “do” the behavior. What are the consequences? Maybe they do not earn the reinforcement. Remember we always want to keep the intervention positive. This plan is not about taking away or punishing the person. (IGC5K2, IIC5K5)
- Evaluation Procedures: List how you will evaluate the plan. Include how often data will be collected and what measure will be used. You will be using one of the original three (3) measures from the baseline data for evaluation.
- Materials Needed for Program Implementation: Finally, list any and all materials that you will need to implement this intervention. Materials may be listed or bulleted.