Preference Assessment

Constructing a treatment and service plan for a client involves various components. Prior to starting a treatment plan the professional should carry out a client evaluation. The evaluation should determine the basis of the difficulty or issues and assess the back ground of the client. After the completion of the evaluation, a professional can start constructing an agreement to fulfill the needs of the client. The treatment plan should include goals that relate to the difficulties and issues the client is experiencing, this assessment will discuss the components of Mr. McCunes personalized treatment program.

Brandon R. is a 12 year old male diagnosed with Autism. He presents no fine or gross motor issues. He does show many delays and deficits in language and social skills. Brandon likes interacting with age appropriate peers and has many age appropriate likes and dislikes.

The article one is stated that Edeiken-Cooperman (SAGE Open October to December 2014) indicated these skills are important for special educators to teach to use the technology or electronic devices for students with ASD in five categories of intervention, and the skills include social skills training, video modeling, social narratives, self-management and naturalistic intervention (Wheeler et al., 2015).

The researchers chose the backup reinforcers by choosing the highly preferred edible items used during the multiplestimulus-without-replacement (MSWO) preference assessments. The first client, Annie, had to make seven correct responses to receive the backup enforcer; while James, the second client, had to make three correct responses. The individuals were verbally instructed to begin the task, and once the task was completed, they would be given access to the primary reinforcer. James’s results showed that he maintained effectiveness for the token economy as well as for the primary reinforcement. Annie’s results showed that her response in the token condition was lower than in the primary reinforcement condition. The researchers concluded that motivation and reinforcing effects limited the student responses and should be evaluated for future

Randy May works for a small airline based on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. He recently won two million in the New England Lottery and decided to invest his winnings, ultimately, in a chain of ice cream shops in the Cape Cod area to gain potential future earnings. Figuring he had enough money to open up ice cream shops in both islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, as well as two shops in Falmouth and Buzzards Bay, he signed a contract with a local builder and began construction of the shops. After beginning the process of construction, he was faced with the next task of hiring employees to staff the four ice cream shops. Throughout his calculations, he estimated

There are several reasons why this particular intervention method is being used. The number on reason is due to its’ effectiveness. There have been high satisfaction rates given by caregivers in regards to this program. In 2011, a study done of 64 caregivers reported that 96.7% reported that they had learned new skills from the program. 98.4% of the participants reported that they would recommend this intervention program to a friend. Another

hypothesize that among the situational factors predisposing the Smith family toward showing pronounced psychological identification with the San Francisco Giants is the fact that the Smiths make their domicile in the San Francisco area. In the absence of contrariwise considerations, the Smiths’ attitudinal preferences would in this respect interface with earlier behavioral studies. These studies, within acceptable parameters, correlate the fan’s domicile with athletic allegiance. Yet it would be counterproductive to establish domicility as the sole determining factor for the Smiths’ preference. Certain stoichiometric studies of the Smiths disclose a factor of a typicality,

Kelley, Shillingsburg, Castro, Addison, and LaRue (2007) evaluated the effects of different training procedures on the emergence and generalization of verbal operants in children with developmental disabilities. The procedures consisted of pre training sessions, mand training sessions that contained baseline and training sessions, tact training sessions that also consisted of baseline and training sessions, and finally mastery and generalization tests. During mand training sessions, after a period of deprivation, the therapist showed the item to the participant, and asked “What do you want?”, and this was followed immediately by a full vocal prompt (e.g., ‘‘ball’’). During tact training sessions, the therapist handed the item to the child,

Hypothesis and Conclusions: Krupenye and colleagues (2016) hypothesize that apes have the ability to understand that certain actions are dictated by false beliefs. The researchers used infrared eye-tracker to reveal what decision apes anticipated a human agent would make, in regards to selecting one of two locations in which an object was hidden. Results indicated that as the actor approached the two locations, most apes’ initial glances were directed at the location in which the human thought the object would be, despite it actually having been removed. Therefore, the hypothesis was supported: the apes were able to predict the agent’s actions based on an understanding of his false beliefs.

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have many areas of deficits such as communication, socialization, and behaviors. They have difficulties communicating appropriately and effectively with others, which can hinder them from socializing with others. They often engage in repetitive behaviors and have a very narrow list of interests. Aside from these three main deficits, they also struggle with independently completing the daily self-care routines. Self-care skills include, but not limited to, washing hands, dressing, and eating. The target behavior for my behavior change project is independently washing hands without prompts. In order to work on the fluency of hand washing, which will be measured using a task analysis, I am using video modeling and forward chaining as methods of treatment. The following peer-reviewed articles support the overall idea of my project.

The therapist will engage with developing the treatment plan. Each family member will participate and agree to the content in order to make it a collaborative effort and a family intervention. The plan will consist of three goals and two-three interventions based on Bowen family theory. The therapy will consist of twelve sessions and will meet weekly, in which Rosalyn and Carl will attend each session, while the children will attend three – twelve. If necessary, the therapist will assess the need to incorporate more private parent time.

However, it is also important to pinpoint certain drawbacks of these psychological interventions. CBT might be unsuitable or uncomfortable for some people that have complex mental conditions or those suffering from learning disabilities. Since CBT focuses on the patients and their willingness to change, this can be seen as a narrow approach, since it might disregard some important factors such as environment, family and patients own problems. Poor personal exploration, examination of emotions and versatility of perspectives of looking into troubling issues might need to be addressed by different approaches during treatment. KIDNET, a NET offspring developed specifically for children, requires therapists to become familiar with child’s mental

There was also a significant decrease in unnecessary parental involvement in the self-care tasks of the children (Drahota et al., 2011). There was a greater overall reduction in anxiety severity in those children in the immediate treatment condition versus the waitlist condition (Drahota et al., 2011). These findings were maintained at a three-month follow-up (Drahota et al., 2011). One possible limitation to this study to consider is the fact that most of the data collected came from parent reports, in which the parents were aware of the treatment condition their child was assigned to (Drahota et al., 2011). Another limitation is regarding the sample, as it was skewed towards middle and upper-middle class income families (Drahota et al.,

Services and interventions in the Treatment and Service Plan must be age-appropriate, culturally responsive, and individually tailored to the clients' specific needs, and support the reasonable and prudent parent

The first section of the treatment plan is establishing the therapeutic relationship. This section also established how the assessment will be evaluated based on the cultural, sexual preference, religious and socio-economical dynamics of the client and family (Gerhart, 2014). The purpose would be to establish any crisis issues that need immediate attention (Gerhart, 2014). The next section involves the working phase, which consists of setting two to three goals. The working phases consists of adjusting the goals to the progression or non-progression the client and/or family is making throughout the therapeutic relationship (Gerhart, 2014). The purpose of the working phases is using the appropriate language to document the proper treatment