Behavioral Intervention Case Study

N.E is a ten-year-old boy who attends 4th grade at North Bergen Elementary School. N.E is a very intelligent and creative boy that needs extra help to achieve his academic and social skills. He has little motivation for school achievement, with problems in independent reading, math and classroom behavior. He demonstrates a poor approach in working in a group, usually instead of working on assigned task, he talks to somebody when it is prohibited, playing with his hands or objects, making noises, calling out and looking around. The student gets easily frustrated and cries when he realizes he is having problems with his schoolwork, especially, in the subject of mathematics.

Educational teams should develop a detailed plan for supporting students during a behavioral crisis. Districts should ensure that every implementer is aware of the policies and guidelines associated with the crisis procedures. They need to be informed of their school’s district’s operational definition of crisis. Implementers need to be trained to identify a crisis and request support if needed. The district needs train implementers in district approved crisis procedures. The district also needs to ensure that parents or guardians are informed of the crisis procedures (Simonsen et al., 2014.)

The agency is committed to the education and enrichment of Middle School students’ ranging from 11-14 years of age. The counseling department in the school is committed to working with kids with special education needs and providing them service that is outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004. Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) or Individualized Education program (IEP) plans are created to ensure that schools are in compliance with IDEA. These plans are derived through the collaboration with the IEP team, which consist of General Education teachers, the school Social worker, School Counselor, Special Education Educator and parents/guardians of the student. During these meetings,

The following section is a review of the literature of behavioral intervention studies related to community health education and heart disease. The priority populations in these studies including older adults and other groups.

Modern behavior modification relies on the basic principles of operant conditioning. Within operant conditioning, reinforcement, a behavioral consequence that results in the increase of future behaviors, and punishment, a consequence that results in the decrease of future behaviors, are used to manipulate behavioral deficits or excesses within individuals (Miltenberger, 2016, p. 67, 102).While these two procedures are used frequently within behavior modification, other tools, such as extinction, are frequently used as well. Extinction is the process of no longer providing reinforcement for behaviors that have been previously reinforced. The result of this process is that the behavior

Although there is no cure for Tourette’s, there are treatments to help manage the tics. Some people with Tourette’s have tic’s that do not get in the way of their daily routines and do not need any treatment. Regardless, there are medications and behavioral treatments that are available if there is any stress, pain or injury caused by the tics. There is a new behavioral treatment called Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention (CBIT). CBIT is an evidence-based type of behavioral therapy for Tourette’s and tic disorders. CBIT is effective at reducing symptoms and tic-related impairments. Treatment includes habit reversal in addition to other strategies that includes education about tics and relaxation techniques. During this therapy, a therapist

Elaine is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) working in a geographically isolated area running Intensive Behavioural Intervention programs as a private business. Her clientele is mainly young children under the age of 10-years old with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disabilities.

2. Influences on behavioral health service delivery come from the combination of social, political, and economic forces. These three forces are intertwined and affect each other. For an example, legislation must be passed so that healthcare is accessible for everyone. One of the main factors preventing a person from seeking mental health is the cost.The ACA provided an opportunity to transform a fragmented and inadequate healthcare delivery system, especially when it comes to providing mental health and substance abuse services. It expanded eligibility of Medicaid, reduced the rate of Medicare rates, restricted annual limits for those with pre-existing conditions, increased accountability, encouraged an integrated continuum of care,

This paper discusses professional application of the behavior modification model. The theoretical basis for this model is behavioral theory. This model emphasizes the client system, but will shift focus to the mezzo system when needed. The process of behavior modification is outlined in detail in this paper. To end the paper, there will be articles that support this model and prove its effectiveness with individuals.

Collaboration among all stakeholders - administration, faculty, staff, parents, and students is essential for student achievement. The strategies and action steps in place all require the effort

As I reflected on this quote, I began by looking at my students’ experiences. I believe that a limited setting is an important part of this process. It allows teachers to encourage interpersonal experiences, as well as shared experiences, thus helping children deal with pre-representational conflicts. This is especially crucial for students with severe autism who tend to get self-absorbed. Due to them being more likely to feel overwhelmed by their own instincts puts them at risk of experiencing shame, humiliation, and self-destructive rage.

During this clinical intervention, I caught a mistake by the physician entering in the prescription. The patient was prescribed CIpro for an infection while in the ICU, however the dosage was too high based on the patient’s renal function. Over the last few days the patient’s renal function has continued to decline, as a result it is important to decrease the patient’s dose accordingly to prevent toxicity. I calculated the correct dose for the patients and recommended to the Certified Nurse Practitioner working in the unit. The nurse practitioner agreed and changed the dose of the Cipro to adjust for the decline in renal function. I think that it is important to have pharmacy involved with patient care because pharmacist are trained to monitor

Dr. Woods: Weight: 209lbs ( 5 lbs. since 11/13/15) BMI 28.3, medical visits: 3 since seen in Behavior Clinic 11/13/15: 11/14/15  “cold sore” 11/22/15  rectal bleeding (had several ounces of viscous lidocaine), RX lidocaine oral 1 refill, 2/5/16 “chest cold” RX: Levaquin 500 qd x 14 days, cetirizine 10 gd x 30 days with 1 refill. “Dr. Richardson is very worried about his weight gain”. Discussed need for better choices of foods or at least addition of multivitamin daily (suggested 2 Flintstones daily) suggest positive reinforcement & allow redirection instead of refusal. Discussed that his BMI is not a true picture due to muscle & bone mass. I do not recommend more weight loss. Also suggested Vitamin D level. Dr. Mejer: Did well at dentist

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We often, in our daily life, experienced a considerable number of social, political, and economic events in which our existing mental models are frequently updated through learning to adapt with changing scenarios and environments. Perhaps, we have intrinsic mechanism to adapt with all these events. As these issues are in common in our everyday life and fosters few questions: Why people donate money to raise funds for the public goods, e.g., public park and services when they don’t have to do so? Or, what derives individual’s decision to engage in a pro-environmental behavior? More specifically, what types of behavioral interventions are effective in habit formation? Or, how individual form their personal and social trust based on perceived risks in conflict management. The issue of learned behavior (Pavlov and Anrep, 2003) is a central one in phycology, specifically in behavioral decision analysis and intervention design. In economics, most of the theories are mostly related to behavioral decision theory. In resource and environmental management, most of the theories dominated by Norm-Activation theory (Schwartz, 1977), planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991), or value-belief-norm theory (Stern et al., 1999), and infrequently learning and updating in explaining individuals learned behavioral strategy.