DEP-3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Intellectual Disability
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In order to decrease the disruptive behavior, the teacher gives the student frequent attention so that receiving attention by engaging in disruptive behavior is less reinforcing. Presenting an abolishing operation: an individual with mental retardation engages in aggressive behavior when he wants a break from a task at work. When he engages in aggressive behavior, he is required to continue working on the task, but if he asks for a break his behavior is reinforced with a break from the task. For every hour without swearing, the parent reinforces the absence of swearing by reading to the child. If he swears, the parent does not give attention and he has to wait for another story. Reset the interval: nicole"s parents are trying to decrease the number of phone calls that she makes in a day. If nicole makes fewer than 5 in a day, she is allowed a friend over. Drl: you are always finding an excuse not to exercise.
