#8: How to Collaborate When Challenging Behavior Is Getting in the Way - Shining the Light on Problem Behavior

<p>Aggressive behavior in children can be a real challenge for therapists and family members. This episode examines the case of Sam, an extremely aggressive child, and the OT and ABA behavior strategies that worked and didn't work for him.</p> <p>Mandy explains how she began her collaboration with an OT to work out a behavior plan for Sam and the steps they took to produce improvements. Mandy and Aditi explore the points of collaboration between the two professionals and how their interaction can be used as a learning tool for others as well.</p> <p>HIGHLIGHTS</p> <p>02:48 Shoutout to the Ask for Evidence campaign</p> <p>03:37 Case study: Sam's aggressive behavior </p> <p>14:28 Strategies with Sam: Where to begin</p> <p>21:01 Strategies that needed fading out</p> <p>25:45 Early teaching goals</p> <p>29:58 Starting the OT and ABA collaboration</p> <p>GLOSSARY</p> <p>Light switch on and off protocol - A procedure of extinction on behaviors maintained by automatic reinforcement. This is commonly referred to as “sensory extinction.”</p> <p>Red card, green card protocol - A procedure using two stimuli (red and green colored cards), conditioned via discrimination training, to reduce motor and vocal stereotypy in a youngster with autism.</p> <p>Escape extinction - A procedure of extinction on behaviors maintained by negative reinforcement.</p> <p>Variable ratio of reinforcement - In operant conditioning, a variable-ratio schedule is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses. This schedule creates a steady, high rate of responding.</p> <p>Signal - Directing eyes for instructional control </p> <p>Behavioral Skills Training (BST) - A training package that utilizes instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback in order to teach a new skill. Typically training is implemented not for some fixed time, but rather to some predetermined criterion.</p> <p>The Big 6+6 - In the Precision Teaching world, there is a set of 12 discreet fine motor movements wh