1. Providing for Generalization of Behavior Change Chapter 10

2. Generalization of birds

3. Generalization of Women’s Hair Color

4. Importance of Generalization  http://drchris.teachtown.com/2009/06/18/the-importance-of- generalization/ http://drchris.teachtown.com/2009/06/18/the-importance-of- generalization/

5. Generalization Objectives  Conditions under which behavior is to be performed should reflect real-life environment  Criteria should reflect good enough  Think about the differences of good enough in crossing the street versus folding towels

6. Types of Generalization  Stimulus generalization – when a response that has been trained by a specific instructor or specific setting occurs with a different instructor or setting.  Stimulus class – don’t have to teach every possible shade of red for students to figure out it is red – same with shapes

7. Types of Generalization  Response Maintenance – resistant to extinction, has durability.  Continued performance over time  Want students to use their math skills in real – life experiences like balancing check book

8. Types of Generalization  Response Generalization – changes in similar behaviors when a target behavior is modified.  Student gets reinforced for completing multiplication problems and increases rate then will complete division problems at a high rate

9. Assessing Generalization  1. Has the skill been acquired? Look at fluency, accuracy and reliability  2. Can the student acquire reinforcers without performing the skill? Will someone else order the Happy Meal for him?  3. Does the student perform part of the skill? Refer to task analysis to identify training

10. Guidelines to Facilitate Generalization  Teach skills in natural setting  Employ a number of teachers or care givers in the training of the skill  Train in a variety of settings  Shift from artificial cues to more natural cues  Shift continuous reinforcement schedule to intermittent schedule  Gradually increase delay of delivery of reinforcers  Reinforce instance of generalization

11. Sequential Modification  Applying the same instructional techniques that was successful in one setting across multiple settings  Teacher sets up the reinforcement system that was successful in the resource setting into each general education settings and the home environment

12. General Case Programming  Emphasizing using sufficient members of a class of stimuli  Identifying red objects  Plurals  Operation of a camera  Telephone  Computer

13. Reinforcers  Marc Gold Marc Gold

14. Lag Schedule of Reinforcement  Provide reinforcement only for responses that are different from the previous response to that cue (Lag 1)  When asking a student what they want to do and they always choose the same thing, the teacher only reinforces if the student chooses a different thing.

15. Really good stuff  reallygodd stuff-1.pdf reallygodd stuff-1.pdf