Functional behavior assessment

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Find an evidence-based intervention for this scenario would DRO be appropriate? or extinction? Consider this scenario: A family has contacted you about the care of their grandfather, Juan, who has Alzheimer’s disease. The nursing home staff report that Juan engages in frequent elopement from the nursing home facility when unattended, and verbal aggression that has caused disruptions to the other nursing home residents. A review of the files shows that the nursing home contracted with a BCaBA who did not conduct a functional behavior assessment but advised setting limits, being consistent with rules, and blocking Juan from engaging in problem behavior. The nursing home staff decided to incorporate these strategies by restricting Juan from accessing the courtyard or roaming the halls, leaving him to stay all day in his room with only accompanied walks to therapies and the dining hall. Juan’s behaviors escalated and they have stated they will be ordering the use of chemical restraints to block occurrences of the problem behavior.

 

Prepare a formal letter to the family with your recommendations.

Analyze, within the letter, at least five BACB ethical code elements that are relevant to your discussed behavior analytic procedure and this scenario.

Aspect of social psychology

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Find and share a good visual example of any aspect of social psychology (e.g., concept, theory, domain, famous research, etc.) demonstrated as an image (e.g., meme, cartoon, photograph, advertisement) and explain why you feel your chosen image captures this concept  The image must be able to be shared publicly as part of your discussion post so that we all can see it (insert image or PDF or via a web link in the discussion) and should not be offensive/inappropriate (i.e., adhere to UMGC’s rules for interacting in the online classroom:

Insert an image or PDF (or include a link to an image) that demonstrates a good visual example of some aspect of social psychology. Identify the social psychology concept your chosen image demonstrates along with at least one appropriate APA style citation & reference.

Opinion: Why do you feel this image demonstrates your chosen concept? Why did you choose this concept? Does this image or concept hold any special personal relevance?

 

Provide references APA

The use of truthful information in our thinking process

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Which of the following is true of the role that truth/falsity plays in good critical thinking? The use of false or misleading information in our thinking process will likely lead to negative outcomes. The use of truthful information in our thinking process will always lead to positive outcomes. Misleading information is not harmful so long as the information itself is truthful. Truthful information is useful and never misleads us to a wrong conclusion.

Identify specific brain structures

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Identify specific brain structures or functions that contribute to or impede the process of learning to make origami and for each identified function or structure, describe and define the structure of the brain and purpose in detail.

The process of bracketing during counseling

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What are your personal values that may influence your work with a drag king and how would you engage in the process of bracketing during counseling?

The risks associated with pubertal timing

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Explain how the “mismatch hypothesis” explains the risks associated with pubertal timing. Additionally, provide at least one example of how this hypothesis might explain the risks to females of early pubertal maturation and how the hypothesis might explain the risks to males of late pubertal maturation.

The specific ethical principle that is particularly significant to be a school social worker

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During your review, you are asked to explain what ethical practice means to you and to elaborate on the specific ethical principle that is particularly significant to be a school social worker.  You say

Code of Ethics: English (socialworkers.org)

Explain how assessment is critical for learning

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Explain how assessment is critical for learning and how reliability and validity relate to quality assessments that promote learning. Also, discuss one new idea from this chapter for you about assessment and how it changes your ideas of assessment as a student yourself.

The importance of research in psychology

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Replicate the Coin Flip Experiment. Flip a coin 50 times. For each coin flip record the results. Based on the results if you flip the coin one more time do you think you can predict the result? Discuss if you noticed any patterns in the results of your experiment and how this experiment helps us to understand the importance of research in psychology.

The symptoms that comprise autistic disorder

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Your 4-year-old nephew has been diagnosed with autism. Your dad doesn’t understand what that means. Explain to your dad the symptoms that comprise autistic disorder, and assess the potential for the treatment of autism. Next, your mom blames your brother, saying he’s too permissive and doesn’t give your nephew enough affection. Include in your essay an explanation to your mom why it is no longer believed that parenting plays a role in autism.

2.  Your 13-year-old sister has been diagnosed with ADHD. Your grandmother has no idea what that means, but she is very worried—she has heard that kids who get diagnosed with this disorder get put in “dumb” classes. Describe to your grandmother the symptoms of ADHD and assess the potential for treatment. In your essay be sure to explain to your grandmother the main concern for children diagnosed with ADHD, and evaluate ways that this concern may be addressed.