read four articles and summarize each one for 200words or use bullet points

read four articles and summarize each one for 200words or use bullet points

read four articles and summarize each one for 200words or use bullet points

Assignment Details

Complete this week’s Learning Activity to prepare for the assignment.

For this assignment, you are a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has been consulting with six school districts in your state. You have provided guidance to school psychologists and have conducted Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and made recommendations to Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams regarding academic and behavior goals.

Recently, your state school board contacted you to thank you for the work you have been doing in the schools and to ask a favor. The members of the state school board recently read a peer reviewed research article about the efficacy of training school teachers to conduct FBAs. The paper was convincing, and the Board would like you to conduct training not only in how to conduct a FBA but also how to implement some basic behavior acquisition and reduction programs based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) principles. You agreed to conduct a two-day workshop and begin preparations for the intensive training.

Create a 10-12 slide narrated PowerPoint Presentation to include the following:

• Explain why identifying function is so important to successful behavior intervention programs.
  • Base this on your Unit 9 reading assignment and present facts supporting the value of conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) in the public-school system and why it is important that teachers have the skills needed to conduct them.
    1. To illustrate the importance of identifying the function of a target behavior before implementing a behavior intervention plan (BIP), provide an example of a target behavior that is being inadvertently reinforced because the function of the behavior has not been identified.
• Discuss the two components of the FBA, i.e., the Indirect Assessment and the Direct Descriptive Assessment, and explain how they are carried out. Include the following in your discussion:
  1. Describe two Indirect Assessment approaches/tools.
  2. Describe two Direct Descriptive Assessment approaches/tools.
  3. Detail how the probable function of a target behavior can be hypothesized based upon the results of the FBA.
     1. Define the two broad categories of behavior function.
• Acquisition Programs: Shaping and Chaining
  1. Define Shaping and Chaining (Include the three types of chaining procedures in your discussion.)
  2. Create a simple scenario in which a complex behavior can be broken down and trained using one of the chaining methods. Create a task analysis to illustrate the concept.
     1. Using one of the components in the task analysis used for your chaining example, demonstrate how shaping can be used to train that one component.

• Reduction Programs: Differential Reinforcement
  1. Describe the methods of Differential Reinforcement of Alternative (DRA) behavior; Differential Reinforcement of Other (DRO) behavior; and Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible (DRI) behavior.
     1. Create a scenario in which you illustrate the use of one of the Differential Reinforcement approaches (DRA; DRO; DRI).

• Generalization and Maintenance
  1. Define generalization and maintenance.
  2. Explain the importance of programming for generalization and maintenance.
  3. Present three techniques that can be used to “program” for generalization.

Directions: Your PowerPoint Presentation should incorporate narration, as indicated, and you should transcribe your narration in the “Notes” section of the slides. Your presentation should be between 10-12 slides in length, not including the title and reference slides. You should apply APA Style formatting throughout your presentation as applicable.

You should use only the sources contained in the course for this assignment.

Reading and Resources

Read the following:

Young, A., Andrews, C., Hayes, C., & Valdez, C. (2018). Should teachers learn how to formally assess behavior? Three educators’ perspectives. Education, 138, 291-300.

TEXTBOOKS

Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., Heward, W. L. (2019). Applied Behavior Analysis.

New York Project
The assignment is to write a five paragraph paper in which you plan a theatre trip to New York City to see FOUR shows. To complete this work, use internet sources, the most thorough of which is the New York Times Theater section (see below for this and other options). The first paragraph should explain the trip’s rationale, who will be going with you (church group, theatre group, friends, etc), and a proposed budget. You should then find possible flights and hotel accommodations. In each subsequent paragraph (paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5), name the shows (four in total—one per paragraph) you have decided to see. Include in each paragraph the reason you have chosen to see this particular show. You will need to quote portions of reviews, both professional and reader’s, as part of your justification for your choice. Be sure to cite the name of the reviewer as well as the source from which the review was found. (Example: Ben Brantley of the New York Times calls Shrek the Musical, “Quote from review.”— or similar format.) It is not necessary to provide a “Works Cited” page, but you must reference your source within your paper as noted in the previous sentence. You must also include ticket prices and the theater where the show is playing, as well as any other pertinent information (such as a prominent actor in the cast, etc.). Be sure to follow your budget; try not to plan to see four Broadway musicals as this could eat up your budget very quickly. Mix and match with Off and Off Off Broadway, where the tickets are cheaper. Try to find at least one or two shows you have never heard of but which sound interesting because of your research into the reviews.

Sources for research: New York Times page at www.nytimes.com. Select the “Arts” section (left menu). On the Arts page, select THEATER (menu near top of page). On the THEATER page, you can click on the Broadway, Off Broadway, & Off Off Broadway headings (menu near top of page), which will provide you with a list of what’s playing. Click on the show title to gain access to information such as the show’s location, ticket prices, and links to reviews, both professional and reader’s.

You can also see reviews and show information at these sites: www.nytheatre.com www.newyorktheatreguide.com and select “Reviews” near the top of the page http://newyork.timeout.com/section/theater

Times roman font 12 MLA format .

Compare it to sociology and use sociology terms within the piece.

Each student will write two Opinion Editorial pieces of no more than 1,000 words. Each should state an opinion and support that opinion using well-reasoned logic and material presented in the class.

Specifically:

State a current issue;

Provide your opinion on the

issue;

Support your argument using

well-reasoned class material and

outside facts;

Use concrete examples; and,

Demonstrate your grasp of

materials presented in class.

In addition, your piece should be well-written , concise, interesting, and grammatically-sound . More details are at the end of the syllabus .