#14: Picking, Pulling, Biting: Addressing Habitual Behaviors

<p>Habitual behaviors can be interruptive on a student's development. In this episode, Mandy and Adito discuss the case of Matt's detrimental nail biting and skin picking and the effective strategies they use to reverse it.  </p> <p>Mandy shares her own struggles with nail-biting and her own personal strategies to extinguish this behavior. Mandy and Aditi also dive into the deeper reasons behind these automatic behaviors and how the differences between attention-maintained behaviors, habits, or something else can modify the best approach to replace them. </p> <p>HIGHLIGHTS</p> <p>03:57 Shoutout to Dr. Rick Kubina</p> <p>06:01 Matthew's nail picking: Strategies to address nail biting </p> <p>16:53 Mandy's strategies for nail-biting habit reversal</p> <p>30:28 Applying reinforcement and environmental strategies</p> <p>GLOSSARY</p> <p>Comprehensive model of behavioral management - Has 5 categories: sensory, cognitive, affective (emotional), motor, and place and environment. </p> <p>Automatic escape maintained behavior - Any behavior that primarily happens to avoid, delay, or end something unpleasant. Over time, the behavior is maintained or persists because it was effective at escaping or avoiding the unpleasant thing in the environment.</p> <p>RESOURCES</p> <p>Join our The ABA and OT Podcast Facebook Group to get access to the following resources:</p> <p>Facebook group link: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/397478901376425'>https://www.facebook.com/groups/397478901376425</a></p> <p>EXTERNAL RESOURCES</p> <p><a href='http://dradititheot.com/'>Aditi's Website</a></p> <p>QUOTES</p> <p>09:29 "We're talking about, in this episode, about behavior that is automatically maintained or habitual in nature which means they're not doing it for someone's attention or to get out of demands but it is repetitive and embedded behavior that the individual's no longer aware of."</p> <p>12:28 "When you are engaging that behavior, it stops you thinking about something unpleasant for periods of time. That's one.