2. Staff Training In and Through Behavior Analysis Gili Rechany, MA Educational Supervisor Shema Kolainu- Hear Our Voices October 14, 2004

3. New staff training task analysis First Morning – Review of class schedule – Daily rotation – Lunch schedule Portfolios: – Components: ABLLS, program list, reinforcement inventory, programs/data sheets, graphs, VB, daily totals, weekly criterion graph, student of the day Students – Reinforcers – Behavioral Plans – Medical alerts

4. Data collection  Review components of program sheets  Reliability data collection: 100% agreement with teacher observed x3 (consecutive) STO 1: Observe teacher run 3 programs STO 2: New staff runs programs (with TPRA) with teacher prompts STO 3: New staff runs programs no teacher model/prompts, new staff probes observer for information STO 4: New staff runs program independently (*=100%x5) STO 5: Groups/duration data collection can start when new teacher has a total of 10 consecutive correct TPRA’s across 3 domains.

5. Graphing/Summary data Where do data points go? – X axis any Y axis – Labels – Dates Why do we collect data? – Scientific Decisions – Validity/Reliability What is done daily, weekly with data? – Classroom – School wide

6. PSI- Personalized System of Instruction Modules (Keller, 1968, Greer, 2002) Verbal behavior about the Science- vocabulary of the science of verbal behavior Contingency-Shaped Behavior- Operent behavior shaped directly by consequences Verbally-Mediated Behavior- behavior that is mediated or controlled by verbal behavior rather then contingencies

7. TPRA- Teacher Performance Rate/Accuracy Components of a TPRA (Ingham & Greer, 1992) – The Learn Unit (Albers & Greer, 1991) – Rate – Collateral Praise Graphs/Public posting – Trends – Immediate feedback Evaluates Contingency-shaped teaching responses

8. Teacher Performance Rate/Accuracy

9. Collateral Behavior

10. Staff Training Opportunities Staff Meetings – Weekly workshops – Rapid Data presentation – PSI- Principles of behavior and strategies for teaching. Classroom meetings – Tactical decisions – Student performance