Behavior Reduction

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• Decreasing maladaptive behaviors

•  Maladaptive behaviors

•  Types of behaviors that inhibit a person’s ability to adjust to situations.

•  Increasing adaptive behaviors- this is key!

• Since behavior often represents communication, it is essential to replace behavior by building more adaptive skills.

•  It is important that you and your team not assume that a child has the skills needed to do something ‘the right way’ and that you are prepared to use systematic instruction and motivation to build new abilities.

• Identifying Behaviors

•  Everything we do is considered a behavior. Eating, drinking, walking, sleeping, these are all behaviors. All behavior occurs in social contexts.

•  Behavior occurs because it serves a purpose for the individual, providing the quickest route to reinforcement.

•  Unfortunately, sometimes the easiest most direct route to reinforcement may be through problem behavior

•  Before we describe REDUCING behaviors, let’s look what increased inappropriate behavior in the first place…