Comments on: Differential Reinforcement and ABA Therapy /differential-reinforcement-aba-therapy/ Applied Behavior Analysis training guide Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:36:35 +0000 hourly 1 Differential Reinforcement and ABA Therapy /differential-reinforcement-aba-therapy/ /differential-reinforcement-aba-therapy/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:31:34 +0000 admin /?p=46 By: Elna /differential-reinforcement-aba-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Elna Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:54:37 +0000 /?p=46#comment-3 Thanks but Differential Reinforcement during Discrete Trial Teaching and in ABA in general means that you are reinforcing appropriate behaviors differentially in order to shape more desirable responses. So when you ask a child a behavior he should know, you reinforce accordingly if the behavior is correct and is done with great effort. If the behavior is done sloppily (like in printing) then you differentially reinforce ("good try- let's try that again") and so on. I am aware of behavior interventions that use differential reinforcement (DRO, DRI, DRA) - whereby you ignore inappropriate behavior and reinforce appropriate behavior, thus showing the child, differentially, what the expectations are. Thanks but Differential Reinforcement during Discrete Trial Teaching and in ABA in general means that you are reinforcing appropriate behaviors differentially in order to shape more desirable responses. So when you ask a child a behavior he should know, you reinforce accordingly if the behavior is correct and is done with great effort. If the behavior is done sloppily (like in printing) then you differentially reinforce (“good try- let’s try that again”) and so on.

I am aware of behavior interventions that use differential reinforcement (DRO, DRI, DRA) – whereby you ignore inappropriate behavior and reinforce appropriate behavior, thus showing the child, differentially, what the expectations are.

]]> By: Kristy /differential-reinforcement-aba-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Kristy Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:40:16 +0000 /?p=46#comment-2 Hello, I hope you are not offended, but using differing levels of reinforcement for more independent responses is not differential reinforcement. This is implementing the principle of size or appropriateness (one of the four principles for effective reinforcement). Differential reinforcement is a very specific process involving two physically different behaviors, in which each behavior is targeted differently,(typically with an incompatable behavior being reinforced, and a behavior excess on extinction, for example in a DRI). If you would like more information and to correct your site, feel free to contact me at the e-mail above. Hello, I hope you are not offended, but using differing levels of reinforcement for more independent responses is not differential reinforcement. This is implementing the principle of size or appropriateness (one of the four principles for effective reinforcement). Differential reinforcement is a very specific process involving two physically different behaviors, in which each behavior is targeted differently,(typically with an incompatable behavior being reinforced, and a behavior excess on extinction, for example in a DRI). If you would like more information and to correct your site, feel free to contact me at the e-mail above.

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