Generalization and Maintenance

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Generalization and Maintenance Session. This session reviews the concepts of generalization and maintenance. These strategies promote continuation of behavioral changes and the extension of learned behaviors from one context to another.

Compliance Training

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Compliance Training Session. This module provides instruction on the Four-Step Compliance Procedure, including how to reinforce compliance and how to manage episodes of noncompliance.

Reinforcement 2

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Reinforcement 2 Session. In this session, the parent will learn to increase the use of social reinforcement for appropriate behaviors during interactions with the child. This can involve “catching the child being good” throughout the day or during a more formal play time.

Daily Schedules

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Daily Schedules Session. This session focuses on obtaining a daily schedule for the child and helping the parent identify ways to adapt the schedule to prevent behavior problems from occurring. This session also introduces the use of visual schedules. The clinician can focus on schedule changes, visual schedules, or both (doing both is recommended).

Teaching Skills 1

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Teaching Skills 1 Session. This session provides parents with step-by-step procedures for teaching skills that increase a child’s independence and promote positive behavioral change.

Functional Communication Training

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Functional Communication Training Session. Because challenging behaviors typically serve a function for the child, this session introduces the idea of teaching an alternative and more appropriate functional communication behavior to replace the inappropriate or undesirable behavior.

Planned Ignoring

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Planned Ignoring Session. This module is about a particular type of consequence—planned ignoring—and includes the proper use of planned ignoring, possible challenges to its use, and the development of a planned ignoring program at home.

Behavioral Principles

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Behavioral Principles Session. This session provides an overview of the basic principles of the behavioral approach, the ABC model, and the importance of assessment in deciding upon strategies to address challenging behavior.

Teaching Skills 2

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Teaching Skills 2 Session. This session continues with teaching skills by reviewing a variety of prompts that can be used to enhance a child’s skill acquisition.

Prevention Strategies

This chapter provides the in-session activity sheets, homework data sheet, and parent handout for the Prevention Strategies Session. This session provides information on antecedent management of behavior. The ABC data collected during the previous week and the ideas generated in the review of prevention strategies are used to develop approaches to preventing behavior problems.