Course Project: Case Study Template Assignment #1
1. Name (Student/Client):
Referral Information
1. Case summary
A brief description of the back ground of the case (i.e. age, sex, schooling, home, medical, etc.)
2. Problem Behaviors:
Identify the top 3 most important target behaviors from the case.
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3. Interventions currently in place:
A. What interventions are in place in the home and/or school setting currently, if anything?
B. Are these successful? Why or why not (i.e. reinforcement system that was not reinforcing to the individual, time out procedure without any other reinforcement)?
Target Behaviors and Operational Definitions
(Chose top 3 target behaviors from problem behaviors above)
1. List the identified three target behaviors
Hitting adults Provide an operational definition of the target behavior, use only measurable and observable language.
Any occurrence where the student comes into contact with an adult’s body with an open or closed fist without being instructed to do so.
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Rationale for Target Behaviors
(What tells you these behaviors are a priority? Link it to each of the 7 dimensions)
Behavior Rationale and dimension
1. Hitting adults
The target behaviors much first be chosen based on safety, aggression or self-injurious behavior take priority over hand raising. The underlying idea is the target behaviors are chosen because they are “socially significant to the applied/real world”
Bobby cannot safely be out in the community because he will hit strangers in a restaurant. Hitting is being targeted for decrease to give Bobby more independence and allow his family to go out in the community safely.
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