MEASURING AND RECORDING SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR

MEASURING BEHAVIOR & RECORDING MODALITIES EVENT/DURATION RECORDING INTERVAL/TIMES RECORDING CONTINUOUS RECORDING AND THE A-B-C SEQUENCE OF RECORDING

REASONS FOR: BEFORE A TREATMENT PLAN CAN BE DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE BEHAVIOR CHANGE AND MEASURE PROGRESS, ONE MUST HAVE A SENSE OF HOW LONG AND/OR HOW OFTEN BEHAVIORS OR EVENTS OCCUR IN A PERIOD OF TIME (BASELINE READING). * QUANTITATIVE MEASURE EVENT/DURATION RECORDING AND INTERVAL/TIMES RECORDING

REASONS CONTINUED: ALSO BEFORE BEHAVIOR CHANGE CAN OCCUR ONE MUST HAVE A SENSE OF PREDICTORS (TRIGGERS) AND CONSEQUENCES OF CERTAIN BEHAVIORS. CONTINUOUS RECORDING

EVENT/DURATION RECORDING THE LENGTH OF TIME AN EVENT OR BEHAVIOR OCCURS. LENGTH OF TIME CHILD SPENDS ON PHONE PER EVENING LENGTH OF TIME SPOUSE SPENDS WORKING ON CAR PER EVENING

EVENT DURATION CONTINUED LENGTH OF TIME EMPLOYEE SPENDS AT WORK PER WEEK LENGTH OF TIME CHILD WATCHES TV PER DAY LENGTH OF TIME CHILD SPENDS STUDYING PER EVENING LENGTH OF TIME AN EVENT OCCURS PER CONSTANT INTERVAL (HOUR, DAY, WEEK, ETC.) EXAMPLE

INTERVAL/TIMES RECORDING HOW OFTEN (NUMBER OF TIMES) DOES A BEHAVIOR OR EVENT OCCUR OVER AN INTERVAL (SPECIFIC AND CONSTANT AMOUNT OF TIME) THE NUMBER OF TIMES A SPOUSE USES PROFANITY PER HOUR. THE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES A PERSON SMOKES PER DAY NUMBER OF TIMES THE CAT LICKS HER PAWS PER HOUR. EXAMPLE

INTERVAL/TIMES VS EVENT/DURATION I/T AND E/D BOTH MEASURE BEHAVIOR I/T RECORDING MEASURES THE “HOW OFTEN,” WHERE E/D MEASURES “LENGTH OF TIME.”

COMPARING I/T AND E/D CONTINUED WITH I/T RECORDING THERE ARE NO TIME CONSTRAINTS-THE BEHAVIOR IS RECORDED WHEN IT HAPPENS. WITH E/D RECORDING, THE BEHAVIOR THAT IS RECORDED IS BEHAVIOR THAT OCCURS FREQUENTLY (TOO FAST TO COUNT).

COMPARING CONTINUED WITH I/T RECORDING, INTERRUPTIONS ARE NOT OF CONCERN. WITH E/D RECORDING, THE OBSERVER MUST BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE PROCESS OF OBSERVATION.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER: CLEARLY DEFINING THE BEHAVIOR YOU WISH TO STUDY. KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR THAT YOU CAN KNOW WHERE AND WHEN TO OBSERVE.

IMPORTANT THINGS CONTINUED MAKE YOUR RECORDING SHEET AS EASY TO USE AS POSSIBLE ( THE USE OF CHECKLISTS CAN BE HELPFUL WHEN LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS- I/T RECORDING)

ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE ONE EVENT/DURATION OR ONE INTERVAL/TIMES RECORDING. GO AT LEAST FOUR INTERVALS FOR YOUR RECORDING. WRITE A REPORT. CONSTRUCT A GRAPH. DUE MAY 14TH